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    CARPENTER ANT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Ant that nests in decaying wood in which it bores tunnels for depositing eggsplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("carpenter ant" is a kind of...):

    ant; 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)

    Holonyms ("carpenter ant" is a member of...):

    Camponotus; genus Camponotus (carpenter ants)

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