Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An ant which stings severely, producing a burning sensation: a common name in tropical countries of various species of stinging ants of the family Myrmecidæ.
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Examples
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Research on the kudzu bug has trumped fire-ant and pecan weevil projects at the quiet Griffin campus.
Bug Battle: An Invasive Plant Now Faces Its Own Attacker Valerie Bauerlein 2011
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“Yeah, he can come put his fire-ant hands all over me,” the sound guy agreed.
Hot Mess Ed Decter 2010
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“Yeah, he can come put his fire-ant hands all over me,” the sound guy agreed.
Hot Mess Ed Decter 2010
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“Yeah, he can come put his fire-ant hands all over me,” the sound guy agreed.
Hot Mess Ed Decter 2010
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No baits -- poisons that insects carry into their colonies -- have yet been formulated specifically for these ants, which eat everything from hotdogs to honey, but don't like fire-ant bait.
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Ms. Zorn helps promotes the festival for months, with chocolate-covered fire ants and events such as a fire-ant calling contest.
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Apparently the Queen of Hearts is coming too -- I'm thinking anthropomorphic furry fire-ant.
Boing Boing 2007
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And I annihilated several fire-ant compounds by enticing them to eat bait packed with a soil-dwelling bacterium that fried their tiny nervous systems.
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Perhaps nothing sums up the company's inherent struggle with naturals more than its new Ecosense brand fire-ant bait.
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Most of us were already suffering from sunburns and fire-ant bites from a few days of Texas sun.
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