Meaning

1 senses

  1. An ant colony, a pile of earth built by ants in which they nest.

    a mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest

Origin

From Latin formica (“ant”) + -ary.

From Latin formica (“ant”) + -ary.

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Forms

plural: formicaries
Singularformicary
Pluralformicaries

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest:anthill

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
formativeformerB1formerlyB2formidableB2formulaB1formulateC1formulation

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