Word Study
pismire
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pismire has 1 sense
- pismire(n = noun.animal) ant, emmet - social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers; Array is a kind of hymenopter, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopterous insect
is a member of family formicidae, formicidae
has particulars: monomorium pharaonis, pharaoh's ant, pharaoh ant, little black ant, monomorium minimum, army ant, driver ant, legionary ant, carpenter ant, fire ant, formica rufa, wood ant, slave ant, slave-maker, slave-making ant, bulldog ant
CIDE DICTIONARY
pismire, n. [Piss + mire; so called because it discharges a moisture vulgarly considered urine. See Mire an ant.].
An ant, or emmet. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pismire, n. dial. an ant.
Etymology
ME f. PISS (from smell of anthill) + obs. mire ant
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