Formica
Translingual
Etymology
Proper noun
Formica f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Formicidae – many ants.
Synonyms
- (genus): wood ant, mound ant(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Hymenoptera – order; Apocrita - suborder; Formicoidea - superfamily; Formicidae - family; Formicinae - subfamily; Formicini - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Formica (Coptoformica), Formica (Formica), Formica (Raptiformica), Formica (Serviformica) - subgenera
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References
Formica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Formica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
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English
Etymology
Coined in 1913 as a brand name for the material and the company producing it. Formica was originally intended as a replacement “for mica”, which was then commonly used for electrical insulation.[1]
Proper noun
Formica
References
- ^ “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 2005 July 4 (last accessed), archived from the original on 6 June 2005