formicariumn.
/fɔːmɪˈkɛːrɪəm/ = formicary n.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant > that form ant-hills > ant-hill
anthilleOE
ant bedeOE
pismire hill1440
maur-hill?c1475
maur house?c1475
ant heap1591
molehill1610
ant-hillock1656
bank1667
sprout hill1766
formicary1816
ant mound1830
formicarium1834
1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 161 For I found that our bungalow..was a ‘formicaria’ [sic].
1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons I. i. 32 A Formicarium, or ant-colony.
1892 Edinb. Rev. July 46 The formicarium, or burrow of the ants.
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