formicary
Americannoun
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formicaries
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of formicary
1810–20; < Medieval Latin formīcārium ant hill, noun use of neuter of *formīcārius of, pertaining to ants. See formic, -arium
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The Ewing home at Southfork Ranch, where eight members of one of Texas' wealthiest families contrive to live under one roof, resembles a formicary of Neiman-Marcus showrooms.
From Time Magazine Archive
A favourite set target is the bulbous formicary of the white ant which disfigures so many of the trees of the forest.
From My Tropic Isle by E. J. (Edmund James) Banfield
Sir John Lubbock chloroformed some Lasius niger belonging to his formicary.
From The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals by James Weir
Swarming on the extremity of the branches among which the formicary is constructed, the defenders, projecting their terminal segments as far into space as possible, eject formic acid in the direction of the enemy.
From Tropic Days by E. J. (Edmund James) Banfield
She was moving back and forth with cautious mien, and I easily perceived was putting finishing touches to the closure of a little hole that marked the gate of her formicary hut.
From Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies by Henry Christopher McCook
The formicaries of the two species are often in close contact, so that the nature of the soil is precisely the same.
From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science by Various
On one occasion, a swarm was about to take place in one of my formicaries.
From The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals by James Weir
Zoology should always be taught with plenty of pets, menagerie resources, and with aquaria, aviaries, apiaries, formicaries, etc., as adjuncts.
From Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene by G. Stanley Hall
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