sanguinary ant

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• sanguinary ant — noun slave making ant widely distributed over the northern hemisphere • Syn: ↑Formica sanguinea • Hypernyms: ↑slave making ant, ↑slave maker • Member Holonyms: ↑Formica, ↑genus Formica * * * …   Useful english dictionary

• sanguinary — sanguinarily, adv. sanguinariness, n. /sang gweuh ner ee/, adj. 1. full of or characterized by bloodshed; bloody: a sanguinary struggle. 2. ready or eager to shed blood; bloodthirsty. 3. composed of or marked with blood. [1540 50; < L… …   Universalium

• red ant — noun : any of various reddish ants: as a. : pharaoh ant b. : the sanguinary ant or any of several rather large closely related ants of Europe and America that make hills in open ground * * * any of various reddish ants, esp. the Pharaoh ant.… …   Useful english dictionary

• slave-making ant — noun an ant that attacks colonies of other ant species and carries off the young to be reared as slave ants • Syn: ↑slave maker • Hypernyms: ↑ant, ↑emmet, ↑pismire • Hyponyms: ↑sanguinary ant, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• warrior ant — noun : sanguinary ant …   Useful english dictionary

• slave-maker — noun an ant that attacks colonies of other ant species and carries off the young to be reared as slave ants • Syn: ↑slave making ant • Hypernyms: ↑ant, ↑emmet, ↑pismire • Hyponyms: ↑sanguinary ant, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Formica sanguinea — noun slave making ant widely distributed over the northern hemisphere • Syn: ↑sanguinary ant • Hypernyms: ↑slave making ant, ↑slave maker • Member Holonyms: ↑Formica, ↑genus Formica …   Useful english dictionary

• remorseless — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. impenitent, hardened, callous, obdurate; hard, cold, ruthless. See impenitence. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Lacking remorse as a quality of character] Syn. shameless, hardened, obdurate, pitiless,… …   English dictionary for students

• genus Formica — noun type genus of the Formicidae • Syn: ↑Formica • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Formicidae, ↑family Formicidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• rare — 1. adjective /ɹɛə,ɹæɚ/ a) Very uncommon; scarce. b) Cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red (in the case of steak or beef in the general sense). Syn: scarce …   Wiktionary

• bloody — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. gory, sanguinary, bleeding; red. See killing. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Showing blood] Syn. bleeding, bloodstained, blood spattered, gory, gaping, unstaunched, grisly, crimson, open, wounded,… …   English dictionary for students