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pismire

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pismire  \Pis"mire\,  n.  [Piss  +  mire;  so  called  because  it 
  discharges  a  moisture  vulgarly  considered  urine.  See  {Mire} 
  an  ant.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  An  ant,  or  emmet. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pismire 
  n  :  social  insect  living  in  organized  colonies; 
  characteristically  the  males  and  fertile  queen  have  wings 
  during  breeding  season;  wingless  sterile  females  are  the 
  workers  [syn:  {ant},  {emmet}]




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