carpenter ant

carpenter ant

n. Any of various large ants of the genus Camponotus that nest in and are destructive to wood.

car′penter ant`

n. a black or brown ant of the genus Camponotus that nests in decaying wood. [1880–85]

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carpenter ant - ant that nests in decaying wood in which it bores tunnels for depositing eggsant, emmet, pismire - social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workersCamponotus, genus Camponotus - carpenter ants