Formicary

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A nest of ants; an anthill.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An ant colony, a pile of earth built by ants in which they nest.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The nest or dwelling of a swarm of ants; an ant-hill.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An ants' nest or ant-hill; the nest or burrow inhabited by a colony of ants. See ant-hill.
  • Of or pertaining to ants or an ant-hill or community: as, formicary routine.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hummock    hillock    mound    knoll    hammock   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ant-hill