fire ant
any of several omnivorous ants, as the migrant Solenopsis geminata originating in tropical and subtropical South America, having a sting that produces a burning sensation.
Origin of fire ant
1Words Nearby fire ant
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use fire ant in a sentence
Insect stings and bitesIt’s not unusual for dogs to be stung or bitten by bees, fire ants and spiders, though the effects will typically be mild.
Cicadas, plants and too much sun: How to keep your pet safe from summer hazards | Angela Haupt | June 3, 2021 | Washington PostThe threat of death is no obstacle for some hungry fire ants.
Fire ants build little syphons out of sand to feed without drowning | Aayushi Pratap | October 20, 2020 | Science NewsThe more you scratch a fire-ant bite, the more the darn thing itches.
Then, pointing the nose of the animal toward the trail, he gave his haunch a pinch like the nipping of a fire ant.
Up the Forked River | Edward Sylvester EllisCockroaches swarm everywhere; but the fire-ant is, for its size, probably the most terrible of created beings.
The Western World | W.H.G. Kingston
The most annoying of the species is the fire-ant—a little creature of a shining reddish colour.
On the Banks of the Amazon | W.H.G. KingstonThere are also two kinds of ants, the sěmut pi (“fire ant”) and the sěmut lda (“pepper ant”), whose bites are peculiarly painful.
There is the fire-ant of the Amazon valley, which will put human beings to flight.
Furze the Cruel | John Trevena
British Dictionary definitions for fire ant
any mound-building predatory ant of the genus Solenopsis, of tropical and subtropical America, that can inflict a painful sting
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse