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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various large ants of the genus Camponotus that nest in and are destructive to wood.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any wood-working ant, such as Camponotus æthiops, Lasius flavus, or L. fuliginosus of Europe, or C. Pennsylvanicus of America.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several large ants, of the
genus Camponatus, found inNorth America and northernChina , that buildnests in dead wood
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun ant that nests in decaying wood in which it bores tunnels for depositing eggs
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