Social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers [syn: ant, emmet, pismire]
Pismire \Pis"mire\, n. [Piss + mire; so called because it
discharges a moisture vulgarly considered urine. See Mire
an ant.] (Zool.)
An ant, or emmet.
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