formicary
Americannoun
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 Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
On one occasion, I took ten Lasius niger and confined them in a specially constructed formicary so that they could not possibly leave the nest.
From The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals by Weir, James
Sir John Lubbock chloroformed some Lasius niger belonging to his formicary.
From The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals by Weir, James
They very soon commenced work, tunnelling the earth and erecting556 a formicary, as nearly as they could after the pattern of their home on the barrens.
From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science by Various
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