fire ant

English

Noun

fire ant (plural fire ants)

1. Any of several red or yellow ants that can inflict a harsh sting.
   1. Solenopsis spp. (tropical fire ants)
   2. spp. (weaver ants), of Southeast Asia
   3. (red imported fire ant)
   4. (electric ant, little fire ant).

Derived terms

• European fire ant (Myrmica rubra)

Translations

any of several red or yellow ants that can inflict a harsh sting

• Portuguese: formiga-de-fogo f
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ant of Solenopsis

• Arabic: نَمْل نَارِيّ m (naml nāriyy) (collective)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 火蟻／火蚁, 火蚁 (huǒyǐ)

• German: Feuerameise f
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• Hebrew: נמלי אש f (nemali ash)
• Japanese: ヒアリ (ja) (hiari)
• Korean: 불개미 (bulgaemi)
• Portuguese: lava-pés f, formiga lava-pés f, lava-pé (pt) f, formiga lava-pé f

Oecophylla spp.

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Solenopsis invicta

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Wasmannia auropunctata

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Further reading

• Fire ant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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