fire ant
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fire ant
n.
Any of various ants of the genus Solenopsis that build large mounds and can inflict a painful sting, especially S. invicta, native to South America and naturalized in the southern United States.
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fire ant
n
(Animals) any mound-building predatory ant of the genus Solenopsis, of tropical and subtropical America, that can inflict a painful sting
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fire′ ant`
n.
any of several omnivorous ants having a burning sting.
[1790–1800]
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| Noun | 1. |  fire ant - omnivorous ant of tropical and subtropical America that can inflict a painful stingant, emmet, pismire - social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers genus Solenopsis, Solenopsis - fire ants |
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fire ant
n hormiga de fuego, tipo de hormiga cuya picadura es muy dolorosaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.