| 单词 | fire ant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfire ant fire ant n. any of several ants, esp. of the genus Solenopsis, which have a severe sting; esp. (more fully red imported fire ant) S. invicta of South America, which has become a serious pest in the southern United States, Australia, and parts of Asia. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant > member of genus Solenopsis (thief-ant) fire ant1796 thief-ant1904 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xx. 91 Small emmets, called here fire-ants, from their painful biting. 1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons II. ii. 81 Fire-ants (formiga de fogo) under the floors. 1965 R. McKie Company of Animals i. 5 The slender black swarming bodies of fire ants (the semut api of the Malays). 2000 New Scientist 30 Sept. 50/2 This makes Solenopsis invicta , the red imported fire ant, otherwise known as RIFA, the deadliest invasive insect in the US. < as lemmas |
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