fire ant

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fire ant Meaning of "fire ant"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) omnivorous ant of tropical and subtropical America that can inflict a painful sting

Usage(s):

  1. The fire ant problem never goes away.
  2. But none have achieved more notoriety than the fire ant, a South American invader that gained a beachhead in New Orleans in 1918 and has since advanced through nine Southern states.
  3. A third threat is a strain of fire ant called Solenopsis invicta that was discovered this year in northern Alabama, northern Mississippi and Oklahoma.
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