wood ant

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   reddish-brown European ant typically living in anthills in woodlands

   SynonymsFormica rufa

   Broaderant

   Part ofFormica

Questions about wood ant

What does wood ant mean?

wood ant means "reddish-brown European ant typically living in anthills in woodlands".

What is another word for wood ant?

Close synonyms include Formica rufa. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wood ant a common word?

wood ant is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.