formicanadj.
/fɔːˈmʌɪkən/ rare.
Of or pertaining to ants.
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1880 Daily Tel. 16 Nov. If the Queen-ant is removed from a nest, the formican politicians settle down soon into a steady-going Republic.
1884 G. Allen in Longman's Mag. Nov. 42 These singular results of formican selection.
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