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Formica   Listen
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Formica  n.  (Zool.) A Linnaean genus of hymenopterous insects, including the common ants. See Ant.





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"Formica" Quotes from Famous Books



... the workmen retire, as will appear on removing the soft freshly-built portion. We tried to sleep one rainy might in a native hut, but could not because of attacks by the fighting battalions of a very small species of formica, not more than one-sixteenth of an inch in length. It soon became obvious that they were under regular discipline, and even attempting to carry out the skilful plans and stratagems of some eminent leader. Our hands and necks were the first objects of attack. Large bodies of these little pests ...
— A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries • David Livingstone


Words linked to "Formica" :   Formicidae, genus Formica, family Formicidae, arthropod genus, plastic laminate, wood ant, Formica sanguinea, Formica fusca, trademark, sanguinary ant, Formica rufa


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