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pismire

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Noun

HYPHEN

pis=mire

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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

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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]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

pismire, n. dial. an ant.

Etymology

ME f. PISS (from smell of anthill) + obs. mire ant

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