elaiosome

Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “olive oil”) + σῶμα (sôma, “body”).

uder

Ants collect the diaspores for the edible elaiosome, carry them to their nests and consume the elaiosomes. Sometimes, the elaiosome content is sucked from the diaspores, or the elaiosome is loosened on the way to the nest.

1999, Karen van Rheede van Oudtshoorn, Margaretha W. van Rooyen, Dispersal Biology of Desert Plants, Springer, page 17:

Experiments with removal of C.^([Corydalis]) cava seeds with elaiosomes ablated, and with paper balls, infiltrated with juices of seed bodies and elaiosomes, showed the crucial role of elaiosome content in the ant attraction.

2003, Elena Gorb, Stanislav S. N. Gorb, “Seed Dispersal by Ants in a Deciduous Forest Ecosystem: Mechanisms, Strategies, Adaptations”, in Publications, Kluwer Academic, page 44:

Elaiosomes also vary in size, and ants in many instances preferentially disperse diaspores with the greatest elaiosome/diaspore mass ratio, although plants produce seeds of different sizes, allowing for a variety of ants to effect their dispersal

2007, Victor Rico-Gray, Paulo S. Oliveira, The Ecology and Evolution of Ant-Plant Interactions, University of Chicago Press, page 47:

(botany) A fleshy structure rich in lipids attached to the seeds of many plant species, usually to attract ants that disperse the seeds.


chungu

sw-noun

chungu class VII (plural vyungu class VIII)

chungu class VII (canonical)
vyungu class VIII (plural)


myrmecophage

(biology) Anteaters, and other animals chiefly feeding on ants.


търтей

bg-noun

тъ́ртей • (tǎ́rtej) m

тъ́ртей (canonical)
tǎ́rtej (romanization)
тъ́ртей (indefinite singular)
тъ́ртеи (indefinite plural)
тъ́ртеят (definite singular subjective)
тъ́ртеите (definite plural subjective)
тъ́ртея (definite objective singular)
тъ́ртеите (definite objective plural)
тъ́ртея (count-form plural)
тъ́ртею (singular vocative)
тъ́ртеи (plural vocative)

bg-ndecl

тъ́ртей<(v)>

From Proto-Slavic *trǫtьjь; equivalent to Proto-Slavic *trǫtъ (“drone”) + -ей (-ej).

affix

one that lives on the labours of others, drone, parasite, idler


αγριομέλισσα

head

αγριομέλισσες

αγριομέλισσα • (agriomélissa) f (plural αγριομέλισσες)

el-noun

αγριομέλισσες

agriomélissa (romanization)
αγριομέλισσες (plural)
αγριομέλισσα (nominative singular)
αγριομέλισσες (nominative plural)
αγριομέλισσας (genitive singular)
αγριομελισσών (genitive plural)
αγριομέλισσα (accusative singular)
αγριομέλισσες (accusative plural)
αγριομέλισσα (singular vocative)
αγριομέλισσες (plural vocative)

el-decl-noun

αγριομέλισσα

αγριομέλισσες

αγριομέλισσας

αγριομελισσών

αγριομέλισσα

αγριομέλισσες

αγριομέλισσα

αγριομέλισσες

αγριο- (agrio-, “wild”) + μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee”)


મધમાખી

madhmākhī (romanization)
મધમાખી (nominative singular)
મધમાખીઓ (nominative plural)
મધમાખી (oblique singular)
મધમાખીઓ (oblique plural)
મધમાખી (singular vocative)
મધમાખીઓ (plural vocative)
મધમાખી (instrumental singular)
મધમાખીઓ (instrumental plural)
મધમાખીએ (locative singular)
મધમાખીઓએ (locative plural)
મધમાખ (alternative)

Compound of મધ (madh) + માખી (mākhī), literally “honey fly”. Akin to Assamese মৌমাখি (moumakhi), Bengali মৌমাছি (mōumachi), Hindi मधुमक्खी (madhumakkhī), Marathi मधमाशी (madhmāśī), Odia ମହୁମାଛି (mahumāchi), and Sindhi مَڌُمَکي (madhumakhī).


truteń

truteń (nominative singular)
trutenie (nominative plural)
trutenia (genitive singular)
trutni (genitive plural)
trutniów (genitive plural)
truteniowi (dative singular)
truteniom (dative plural)
trutenia (accusative singular)
trutni (accusative plural)
trutniów (accusative plural)
truteniem (instrumental singular)
truteniami (instrumental plural)
truteniu (locative singular)
truteniach (locative plural)
truteniu (singular vocative)
trutenie (plural vocative)
trucień (alternative)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trǫtьňь, *trutьňь, from *trǫtъ,whence Old Polish trant, trąd.

inh+

(colloquial, derogatory) a work-averse man who lives on other people's efforts or expense; a parasite; a deadbeat


anting

When we say a bird is anting, we mean that it is on the ground or on a twig with one or both wings half-spread and with its tail drawn under the body. In this unusual attitude it can be seen picking up ants with its bill and rubbing its head among the undersides of the wings and – or – into the base of the tail.

1955, Holger Poulsen, “Experiments on Anting by Birds”, in Adolf Portmann, Ernst Sutter, editors, Acta Congressus internationalis ornithologici [Experientia: Supplementum; 3], Basel: Birkhäuser, →OCLC, page 608:

When anting the Jay does not pick up ants in the bill although it makes the same movements of the head as species which do. The wings are (at high intensity) spread quite widely and thrust forward like a canopy in front of the anting bird. Usually both wings are thrust forward together. I have seen a great number of both wild and captive Jays anting […]

1986, Derek Goodwin, Crows of the World, 2nd edition, London: British Museum (Natural History), →ISBN, page 199:

Blue jays are not just smart, they're also quirky. They are frequently given as exemplars of a bird behavior known as "anting," in which the bird lies down on an anthill with wings and tail spread and entices ants to swarm over it. Anting birds often grasp an ant in their beak, crush it, and wipe it under their wings, and over and through their feathers, and then sometimes eat them. […] The purpose of anting is still debated. It has been hypothesized that the formic acid in ants, when applied to the feathers, helps to control feather lice and other parasites, but the experimental evidence about this is mixed. It has also been suggested that birds are simply wiping the acid off so that the ants will taste better when they subsequently eat them. Others have suggested that anting is pleasurable, like a kind of bird catnip.

2011, Julie Feinstein, Field Guide to Urban Wildlife, Mechanicsburg, Pa.: Stackpole Books, →ISBN, page 199:

Anting. A behavior in which the fluids from ants, notably formic acid, are applied to the plumage and possibly the skin. There are two basic types of the behavior: active anting, in which the bird anoints its plumage with the bill, and passive anting, in which the bird allows ants to invade and anoint the plumage. […] Some individuals of these species, in unnatural situations such as in captivity, perform active anting with burning matches and cigarette smoke, moth balls, hair tonic, mustard, citrus fruits, numerous insects other than ants, and other substitutes. What causes anting and what purpose or purposes it serves, if any, need investigation.

2013, Olin Sewall Pettingill, Jr., Ornithology in Laboratory and Field, 4th edition, Orlando, Fla.: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 251:

(ornithology) The practice of some birds of rubbing live ants or occasionally other items into the feathers, possibly as a means of controlling parasites.


solenopsin

en-noun

solenopsin (usually uncountable, plural solenopsins)

From translingual Solenopsis (“genus that includes fire ants”) + -in.

der

(biochemistry, organic chemistry) An alkaloid, with chemical formula C₁₇H₃₅N, that is considered the primary toxin in fire ant venom and that inhibits angiogenesis via the phosphoinositol-3 kinase signaling pathway.


furnicar

furnicare (plural)
furnicar (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
furnicarul (accusative definite nominative singular)
furnicare (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
furnicarele (accusative definite nominative plural)
furnicar (indefinite singular)
furnicarului (definite singular)
furnicare (indefinite singular)
furnicarelor (definite plural)
furnicarule (singular vocative)
furnicarelor (vocative)

Probably from a Vulgar Latin root *formīcārium, from Latin formīca. Compare Italian formicaio, Portuguese formigueiro, Spanish hormiguero, Catalan formiguer, Friulian furmiâr.


apitherapy

The medical use of bee products such as honey, pollen, propolis, royal jelly, and bee venom.


trąd

trąd (nominative singular)
trądy (nominative plural)
trąda (genitive singular)
trądów (genitive plural)
trądowi (dative singular)
trądom (dative plural)
trąda (accusative singular)
trądów (accusative plural)
trądem (instrumental singular)
trądami (instrumental plural)
trądzie (locative singular)
trądach (locative plural)
trądzie (singular vocative)
trądy (plural vocative)

Inherited from Old Polish trąd, from Proto-Slavic *trǫtъ. Doublet of dron.

(archaic, derogatory) work-averse man who lives on other people's efforts or expense; a parasite


Beltian body

From Belt + -ian, after Thomas Belt (1832–1878), English geologist and naturalist.

(botany) A structure found on the tips of leaflets in some acacias, rich in lipids and proteins, believed to have evolved as part of a symbiotic relationship with ants.


ара

Kazakh alphabets#Arabic script
Kazakh alphabets#Cyrillic script
Kazakh alphabets#Latin script


бръмбар

bg-noun

бръ́мбар • (brǎ́mbar) m (diminutive бръ́мбарче)

бръ́мбар (canonical)
brǎ́mbar (romanization)
бръ́мбарче (diminutive)
бръ́мбар (indefinite singular)
бръ́мбари (indefinite plural)
бръ́мбарят (definite singular subjective)
бръ́мбарите (definite plural subjective)
бръ́мбаря (definite objective singular)
бръ́мбарите (definite objective plural)
бръ́мбаря (count-form plural)
бръ́мбал (alternative)
бъ́бар (alternative)
бу́мбар (alternative)

Of onomatopoeic nature, from Proto-Slavic *brǫbarъ.

(countable) beetle, bug (holometabolous insect of order Coleoptera)


Pompilidae

A taxonomic family within the order Hymenoptera – spider wasps.


fig wasp

fig wasps (plural)
fig-wasp (alternative)

A wasp of the family Agaonidae, some of which pollinate figs.


sand wasp

A predatory crabronid wasp that builds burrowlike nests in the ground:

Any of genus Ammophila of narrow-waisted hunting wasps, sometimes placed in Sphecidae.


crabronid

(zoology) Any member of the Crabronidae, a large family of wasps.


claviger

From Latin claviger, from clava (“club”) + gerere (“to carry”).

Standing body hairs are relatively less numerous and longer in claviger.

1968, Merle Wesley Wing, Taxonomic Revision of the Nearctic Genus Acanthomyops, page 81:

The workers of flavus group species are sometimes confused with claviger group workers, but can be distinguished by relatively dense pubescence all over the body, which creates a dull overall appearances.

2007, Brian L. Fisher, Stefan P. Cover, Ants of North America: A Guide to the Genera, page 104:

All of the species of the claviger group are believed to be temporary social parasits of other Lasius species, but the actual hosts are not all known.

2012, Aaron M. Ellison, Nicholas J. Gotelli, Elizabeth J. Farnsworth, A Field Guide to the Ants of New England, page 179:

(entomology) A group within genus Lasius (formerly considered a subgenera Acanthomyops) of bright yellow to orange species of ant that have 3 maxillary palps and give off a distinctive citronella odor when disturbed. The group name comes from their club-shaped palps.


gwenyn

cy-noun

gwenyn f (collective, singulative gwenynen)

gwenynen (singulative)
gwenyn
wenyn (soft)
ngwenyn

From Proto-Celtic *wan-inyo- (compare Breton gwenan, Cornish gwenen), diminutive of *wano- (“tip, sting”) (modern gwân; see gwanu).


gwenen

gwenenen (singulative)
gwenen (unmutated)
wenen (soft)
kwenen
hwenen (mixed)
wenen (after-th mutation-mixed)
gwenyn (alternative)

From Proto-Celtic *wan-inyo- (compare Breton gwenan, Welsh gwenyn).


ong

From Proto-Vietic *ʔɔːŋ (“honey bee”), from Proto-Austroasiatic *ʔɔːŋ (“wasp; hornet”). Cognate with Thavung ออง (“wasp”), Pacoh hong (“large bee, wasp”), Bahnar ong (“wasp”), Khmu ʔɔːŋ ("wasp"), Mon ဟိုၚ် (hang, “hornet”), Semelai hɔŋ ("hornet").
Attested as ao᷃ in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).


eumenid

(zoology) Any member of the vespid subfamily Eumeninae, the potter wasps.


liztor

liztor (absolutive indefinite)
liztorra (absolutive indefinite singular)
liztorrak (absolutive indefinite plural)
liztorrek (ergative indefinite)
liztorrak (ergative indefinite singular)
liztorrek (ergative indefinite plural)
liztorri (dative indefinite)
liztorrari (dative indefinite singular)
liztorrei (dative indefinite plural)
liztorren (genitive indefinite)
liztorraren (genitive indefinite singular)
liztorren (genitive indefinite plural)
liztorrekin (comitative indefinite)
liztorrarekin (comitative indefinite singular)
liztorrekin (comitative indefinite plural)
liztorrengatik (causative indefinite)
liztorrarengatik (causative indefinite singular)
liztorrengatik (causative indefinite plural)
liztorrentzat (benefactive indefinite)
liztorrarentzat (benefactive indefinite singular)
liztorrentzat (benefactive indefinite plural)
liztorrez (indefinite instrumental)
liztorraz (indefinite instrumental singular)
liztorrez (indefinite instrumental plural)
liztorrengan (indefinite inessive)
liztorrarengan (indefinite inessive singular)
liztorrengan (indefinite inessive plural)
liztorrengana (allative indefinite)
liztorrarengana (allative indefinite singular)
liztorrengana (allative indefinite plural)
liztorrenganaino (indefinite terminative)
liztorrarenganaino (indefinite singular terminative)
liztorrenganaino (indefinite plural terminative)
liztorrenganantz (directive indefinite)
liztorrarenganantz (directive indefinite singular)
liztorrenganantz (directive indefinite plural)
liztorrenganako (destinative indefinite)
liztorrarenganako (destinative indefinite singular)
liztorrenganako (destinative indefinite plural)
liztorrengandik (ablative indefinite)
liztorrarengandik (ablative indefinite singular)
liztorrengandik (ablative indefinite plural)
liztorrik (indefinite partitive)
liztortzat (indefinite prolative)
listor (alternative)
listafin (alternative)
leizer (alternative)
lózer (alternative)

From Proto-Basque *leis- ~ *list- (“sting”) + nominative suffix -or.


liztortzar

liztortzar (absolutive indefinite)
liztortzarra (absolutive indefinite singular)
liztortzarrak (absolutive indefinite plural)
liztortzarrek (ergative indefinite)
liztortzarrak (ergative indefinite singular)
liztortzarrek (ergative indefinite plural)
liztortzarri (dative indefinite)
liztortzarrari (dative indefinite singular)
liztortzarrei (dative indefinite plural)
liztortzarren (genitive indefinite)
liztortzarraren (genitive indefinite singular)
liztortzarren (genitive indefinite plural)
liztortzarrekin (comitative indefinite)
liztortzarrarekin (comitative indefinite singular)
liztortzarrekin (comitative indefinite plural)
liztortzarrengatik (causative indefinite)
liztortzarrarengatik (causative indefinite singular)
liztortzarrengatik (causative indefinite plural)
liztortzarrentzat (benefactive indefinite)
liztortzarrarentzat (benefactive indefinite singular)
liztortzarrentzat (benefactive indefinite plural)
liztortzarrez (indefinite instrumental)
liztortzarraz (indefinite instrumental singular)
liztortzarrez (indefinite instrumental plural)
liztortzarrengan (indefinite inessive)
liztortzarrarengan (indefinite inessive singular)
liztortzarrengan (indefinite inessive plural)
liztortzarrengana (allative indefinite)
liztortzarrarengana (allative indefinite singular)
liztortzarrengana (allative indefinite plural)
liztortzarrenganaino (indefinite terminative)
liztortzarrarenganaino (indefinite singular terminative)
liztortzarrenganaino (indefinite plural terminative)
liztortzarrenganantz (directive indefinite)
liztortzarrarenganantz (directive indefinite singular)
liztortzarrenganantz (directive indefinite plural)
liztortzarrenganako (destinative indefinite)
liztortzarrarenganako (destinative indefinite singular)
liztortzarrenganako (destinative indefinite plural)
liztortzarrengandik (ablative indefinite)
liztortzarrarengandik (ablative indefinite singular)
liztortzarrengandik (ablative indefinite plural)
liztortzarrik (indefinite partitive)
liztortzartzat (indefinite prolative)


wóláchííʼ

Myrmica rubra
Myrmica rubra#Translingual


gărgăun

gărgăuni (plural)
gărgăun (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
gărgăunul (accusative definite nominative singular)
gărgăuni (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
gărgăunii (accusative definite nominative plural)
gărgăun (indefinite singular)
gărgăunului (definite singular)
gărgăuni (indefinite singular)
gărgăunilor (definite plural)
gărgăunule (singular vocative)
gărgăunilor (vocative)
gărgăune (alternative)

hornet (a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown and yellow striped body)


ириктэ

head

ириктэ • (iriktə)

evn-noun

ириктэ • (iriktə)

From Proto-Tungusic *xīre, compare Evenki ириктэ (iriktə), Nanai силуктэ (silukte), Oroqen iriktə.


antproof

en-adj

antproof (comparative more antproof, superlative most antproof)

more antproof (comparative)
most antproof (superlative)


mierenboerderij

nl-noun

mierenboerderij f (plural mierenboerderijen, diminutive mierenboerderijtje n)

mierenboerderijen (plural)
mierenboerderijtje (diminutive neuter)

From mier (“ant”) + -en- + boerderij (“farm”).


antless

An antless acacia is doomed. Janzen concluded that the ants and acacias are obligate symbionts, depending entirely upon each other.

2015, John Kricher, A Neotropical Companion, page 132:


furmicula

From Late Latin formicula, from Latin formica, from Proto-Indo-European *morwi-. Compare Sicilian furmicula and Italian formicola.


furmicula

furmìcula (canonical feminine)
furmìculi (plural)

From furmica + -ula, from Latin formīca. Or from Late Latin formicula, a diminutive form (compare Italian formicola).


soldierless

...some of the more highly evolved cryptic termites are soldierless.

2006, Helmut König, Ajit Varma, Intestinal microorganisms of termites and other invertebrates:


螞蟻

/mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ma¹¹⁻¹² i¹¹/

/maː¹³ ŋɐi̯¹³/

/ma²¹³⁻²¹ n̠ʲi¹/

/ma⁵³⁻¹¹ i⁵³/

/ma³³⁻⁵⁵ ŋiɛ²⁴²/

/mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡi⁵³/

/be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hia²²/

/be⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hia²²/

/bɛ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iã⁴⁴/

/mo²² n̠ʲi⁴⁴/

/mo²⁴ n̠ʲi⁴⁴/

/ɦmo³¹ ʔn̠ʲi³³/

/mo²⁴ n̠ʲi³¹/

/ma̠⁴¹ n̠ʲi⁴⁵/

/mɔ¹³ ni¹¹⁻¹/

/mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ma¹¹⁻¹² i¹¹/

/maː¹³ ŋɐi̯¹³/

/ma²¹³⁻²¹ n̠ʲi¹/

/ma⁵³⁻¹¹ i⁵³/

/ma³³⁻⁵⁵ ŋiɛ²⁴²/

/mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡi⁵³/

/be⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hia²²/

/be⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hia²²/

/bɛ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iã⁴⁴/

/mo²² n̠ʲi⁴⁴/

/mo²⁴ n̠ʲi⁴⁴/

/ɦmo³¹ ʔn̠ʲi³³/

/mo²⁴ n̠ʲi³¹/

/ma̠⁴¹ n̠ʲi⁴⁵/

/mɔ¹³ ni¹¹⁻¹/

螞蟻章

The Ant, the twenty-seventh sura of the Qur'an


seangán

head

seangán m (genitive singular seangáin, nominative plural seangáin)

seangáin (genitive singular)
seangáin (nominative plural)
seangán (indefinite nominative singular)
seangáin (indefinite nominative plural)
a sheangáin (indefinite singular vocative)
a sheangána (indefinite plural vocative)
seangáin (genitive indefinite singular)
seangán (genitive indefinite plural)
seangán (dative indefinite singular)
seangáin (dative indefinite plural)
an seangán (definite nominative singular)
na seangáin (definite nominative plural)
an tseangáin (definite genitive singular)
na seangán (definite genitive plural)
leis an seangán (dative definite singular)
don seangán (dative definite singular)
leis na seangáin (dative definite plural)
seangán
sheangán
tseangán

From Middle Irish sengán. By surface analysis, seang (“thin, slender”) + -án.


Ameisenkönigin

de-noun

Ameisenkönigin f (genitive Ameisenkönigin, plural Ameisenköniginnen)

Ameisenkönigin (genitive)
Ameisenköniginnen (plural)
Ameisenkönigin (nominative singular)
Ameisenköniginnen (definite nominative plural)
Ameisenkönigin (genitive singular)
Ameisenköniginnen (definite genitive plural)
Ameisenkönigin (dative singular)
Ameisenköniginnen (dative definite plural)
Ameisenkönigin (accusative singular)
Ameisenköniginnen (accusative definite plural)

/ˈaːmaɪ̯zn̩ˌkøːnɪɡɪn/

Ameise (“ant”) + -n- + Königin (“queen”)


Weisel

de-noun

Weisel m (strong, genitive Weisels, plural Weisel)

Weisel (only in technical usage) f (genitive Weisel, plural Weiseln)

Weisels (genitive)
Weisel (plural)
in technical usage
Weisel (genitive)
Weiseln (plural)
Weisel (nominative singular)
Weisel (definite nominative plural)
Weisels (genitive singular)
Weisel (definite genitive plural)
Weisel (dative singular)
Weiseln (dative definite plural)
Weisel (accusative singular)
Weisel (accusative definite plural)
Weisel (nominative singular)
Weiseln (definite nominative plural)
Weisel (genitive singular)
Weiseln (definite genitive plural)
Weisel (dative singular)
Weiseln (dative definite plural)
Weisel (accusative singular)
Weiseln (accusative definite plural)

Inherited from Middle High German wīsel (“leader”); equivalent to weisen (“to show, to indicate”) + -el.


Weisel

de-noun

der Weisel m (strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Weisels, no definite plural)

der Weisel (canonical masculine)
des Weisels (definite genitive)
Weisel (definite nominative singular)
Weisels (definite genitive singular)
Weisel (dative definite singular)
Weisel (accusative definite singular)

jemandem den Weisel geben

to dismiss or reject someone (literally, “to give someone the boot”)

den Weisel bekommen

to be dismissed or rejected (literally, “to get the boot”)

(Austria, colloquial) nudge, boot (rejection or dismissal)


kraliçe arı

head

kraliçe arı (definite accusative kraliçe arıyı, plural kraliçe arılar)

kraliçe arıyı (accusative definite)
kraliçe arılar (plural)
kraliçe arı (nominative singular)
kraliçe arılar (nominative plural)
kraliçe arıyı (accusative definite singular)
kraliçe arıları (accusative definite plural)
kraliçe arıya (dative singular)
kraliçe arılara (dative plural)
kraliçe arıda (locative singular)
kraliçe arılarda (locative plural)
kraliçe arıdan (ablative singular)
kraliçe arılardan (ablative plural)
kraliçe arının (genitive singular)
kraliçe arıların (genitive plural)

/k(ɯ)ɾɑɫit͡ʃɛ ɑɾɯ/


kiến

From Proto-Vietic *gɛːnʔ ~ *kɛːnʔ. Cognate with Thavung แก้น. Compare Bolyu ɣəːn³³.


antiqueen

If the queen dies there is no longer any "antiqueen" pheromone released and one or more of the nymphs develop into queens.

The composition of a bee society is controlled by an antiqueen pheromone secreted by the queen. It inhibits the workers from raising a new queen...

Inhibiting the development of normal bees into queen bees.


parabiosis

en-noun

parabiosis (countable and uncountable, plural parabioses)

(ecology, ethology) A form of symbiosis, typically among ants, in which different species share common nest galleries but maintain distinct broods and do not practice mutualism other than incidentally.


woodwasp

woodwasps (plural)
wood wasp (alternative)

The Sirex woodwasp kills pines and sometimes other conifers by introducing a toxic mucus and fungus when the female lays her eggs through the bark and into the sapwood.

2007 April 23, The Associated Press, “Albany: Pine-Killing Wasp Monitored”, in New York Times:

Any of various not closely related insects of the suborder Symphyta (the sawflies, not true wasps), whose larvae are found in wood.


abeille à miel

fr-noun

abeille à miel f (plural abeilles à miel)

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myrmecochory

Ants are integral components of terrestrial ecosystems, owing to their manifold interactions with other organisms. They serve as seed dispersers for plants (myrmecochory), mutualists with sap-sucking insects (trophobionts), and hosts for a wide range of associate organisms (myrmecophiles) and act as both predator and prey.

2022 September 19, Schultheiss et al., “The abundance, biomass, and distribution of ants on Earth”, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, page 1, column 1:

(biology) The dispersal of seeds, spores, or fruit by ants.


bumbóg

head

bumbóg f (genitive singular bumbóige, nominative plural bumbóga)

bumbóige (genitive singular)
bumbóga (nominative plural)
bumbóg (indefinite nominative singular)
bumbóga (indefinite nominative plural)
a bhumbóg (indefinite singular vocative)
a bhumbóga (indefinite plural vocative)
bumbóige (genitive indefinite singular)
bumbóg (genitive indefinite plural)
bumbóg (dative indefinite singular)
bumbóig (archaic dative dialectal indefinite singular)
bumbóga (dative indefinite plural)
an bhumbóg (definite nominative singular)
na bumbóga (definite nominative plural)
na bumbóige (definite genitive singular)
na mbumbóg (definite genitive plural)
leis an mbumbóg (dative definite singular)
leis an mbumbóig (archaic dative definite dialectal singular)
don bhumbóg (dative definite singular)
don bhumbóig (archaic dative definite dialectal singular)
leis na bumbóga (dative definite plural)
bumbóg
bhumbóg
mbumbóg
bumbaí (alternative)


gwenan

gwenanenn (singulative)
gwenanenn (singular unmutated)
wenanenn (mutation-soft singular)
kwenanenn (mutation-hard singular)
gwenan (plural unmutated)
wenan (mutation-soft plural)
kwenan (mutation-hard plural)

From Proto-Celtic *wan-inyo- (compare Cornish gwenen, Welsh gwenyn), diminutive of *wano- (“tip, sting”) (modern gwan).


huif

nl-noun

huif f (plural huiven, diminutive huifje n)

huiven (plural)
huifje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch huve, from Old Dutch *hūfa, a conflation of Proto-West Germanic *hūbā (“hood, cowl”) (from Proto-Germanic *hūbǭ) and *hūfi (“hive”).
Cognate with English houve and hive.

der

canvas wrapped around a prairie schooner or other covered wagon


attine

(zoology) Belonging to the Attini tribe of fungus-growing ants


supercolony

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A group of nests whose ants do not exhibit mutual aggression.


unicoloniality

A social structure of ants in which the workers can move freely between different nests.


myrmecodomatium

A domatium specifically adapted to the accommodation of ants.


furmicla

furmiclas (plural)
furmeila (alternative)
furmia (alternative)

From Latin furmīca, formīca, possibly through a Late Latin diminutive formicula.

(Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) ant


formiguer

ca-adj

formiguer (feminine formiguera, masculine plural formiguers, feminine plural formigueres)

formiguera (feminine)
formiguers (masculine plural)
formigueres (feminine plural)

From formiga + -er, possibly corresponding to a Vulgar Latin *formīcārium, from Latin formīca. Compare Portuguese formigueiro, Spanish hormiguero, Italian formicaio, Romanian furnicar.


formiguer

anthill (only for ants, not for termites)

a name given to various species in the family Thamnophilidae, the antshrikes


hyménoptère

From Ancient Greek ὑμενόπτερος (humenópteros, “membrane-winged”), from ὑμήν (humḗn, “membrane”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).


black garden ant

en-noun

black garden ant (plural black garden ants)

A small (3 mm to 5 mm) species of ant common in Europe, Lasius niger.


antdom

[...] you could say he's left antdom by being so expanded and perhaps that's true although perhaps just as accurately he's actually achieved true antdom for the first time in his life [...]

2009, Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore, Shaking the Quicksilver Pool:


Euro wasp

Euro wasps (plural)
Euro-wasp (alternative)

The debate over greater European integration took an unexpected twist yesterday with the arrival of Euro wasp in Britain.

2001 May 26, Stewart Payne, “Alarm over invasion of the Euro wasps”, in Telegraph (online):

(British) A median wasp (Dolichovespula media), an aggressive European wasp, which spread from the continent to Britain in 1980s.


thief ant

Solenopsis molesta, very small ants that sometimes nest close to other ant nests, from which they steal food.


lapsene

lapsene (nominative singular)
lapsenes (nominative plural)
lapsenes (genitive singular)
lapseņu (genitive plural)
lapsenei (dative singular)
lapsenēm (dative plural)
lapseni (accusative singular)
lapsenes (accusative plural)
lapseni (instrumental singular)
lapsenēm (instrumental plural)
lapsenē (locative singular)
lapsenēs (locative plural)
lapsene (singular vocative)
lapsenes (plural vocative)

From an earlier *lapsa + -ene, modified from *vapsa under the influence of lapsa (“fox”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wápsāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *wóbʰseh₂, from a stem *webʰ- with different meanings (perhaps different homophonous stems): “to weave, to braid” (so that the wasps would have originally been seen as “those that weave (their own nest)”), and also “to scurry, to dart, to teem” (“teeming, darting insects”). Cognates include Lithuanian vapsvà, dialectal vapsà, Old Prussian wobse, Proto-Slavic *osa (Russian, Ukrainian оса́ (osá), Belarusian аса́ (asá), асва́ (asvá), Czech vosa, Polish osa), Old High German wefsa, wafsa, German Wespe, Latin vespa (< *wospā), Ossetian ӕвз- (ævz-), ӕфс (æfs, “bee”) (< Proto-Iranian *wabza-, *wapsa-).

lapseņu ligzda, pūznis

lapsenes kodiens

lapsenes dzēlums

lapseņu spiets

vientuļās, sabiedriskās lapsenes

domas pa galvu kā lapsenes šaudās

thoughts shoot around like wasps in his head

lielās, strīpotās lapsenes lidoja sirdīgi ap caurumu

the large, striped wasps flew angrily around the hole

wasp (many species of stinging flying insects resembling bees)


inurri

inurri (absolutive indefinite)
inurria (absolutive indefinite singular)
inurriak (absolutive indefinite plural)
inurrik (ergative indefinite)
inurriak (ergative indefinite singular)
inurriek (ergative indefinite plural)
inurriri (dative indefinite)
inurriari (dative indefinite singular)
inurriei (dative indefinite plural)
inurriren (genitive indefinite)
inurriaren (genitive indefinite singular)
inurrien (genitive indefinite plural)
inurrirekin (comitative indefinite)
inurriarekin (comitative indefinite singular)
inurriekin (comitative indefinite plural)
inurrirengatik (causative indefinite)
inurriarengatik (causative indefinite singular)
inurriengatik (causative indefinite plural)
inurrirentzat (benefactive indefinite)
inurriarentzat (benefactive indefinite singular)
inurrientzat (benefactive indefinite plural)
inurriz (indefinite instrumental)
inurriaz (indefinite instrumental singular)
inurriez (indefinite instrumental plural)
inurrirengan (indefinite inessive)
inurriarengan (indefinite inessive singular)
inurriengan (indefinite inessive plural)
inurrirengana (allative indefinite)
inurriarengana (allative indefinite singular)
inurriengana (allative indefinite plural)
inurrirenganaino (indefinite terminative)
inurriarenganaino (indefinite singular terminative)
inurrienganaino (indefinite plural terminative)
inurrirenganantz (directive indefinite)
inurriarenganantz (directive indefinite singular)
inurrienganantz (directive indefinite plural)
inurrirenganako (destinative indefinite)
inurriarenganako (destinative indefinite singular)
inurrienganako (destinative indefinite plural)
inurrirengandik (ablative indefinite)
inurriarengandik (ablative indefinite singular)
inurriengandik (ablative indefinite plural)
inurririk (indefinite partitive)
inurritzat (indefinite prolative)

1025; from *ingurri, aphetic form of *zinagurri (modern Lapurdian zinaurri), from Proto-Basque *ziNaguRi.


txingurri

txingurri (absolutive indefinite)
txingurria (absolutive indefinite singular)
txingurriak (absolutive indefinite plural)
txingurrik (ergative indefinite)
txingurriak (ergative indefinite singular)
txingurriek (ergative indefinite plural)
txingurriri (dative indefinite)
txingurriari (dative indefinite singular)
txingurriei (dative indefinite plural)
txingurriren (genitive indefinite)
txingurriaren (genitive indefinite singular)
txingurrien (genitive indefinite plural)
txingurrirekin (comitative indefinite)
txingurriarekin (comitative indefinite singular)
txingurriekin (comitative indefinite plural)
txingurrirengatik (causative indefinite)
txingurriarengatik (causative indefinite singular)
txingurriengatik (causative indefinite plural)
txingurrirentzat (benefactive indefinite)
txingurriarentzat (benefactive indefinite singular)
txingurrientzat (benefactive indefinite plural)
txingurriz (indefinite instrumental)
txingurriaz (indefinite instrumental singular)
txingurriez (indefinite instrumental plural)
txingurrirengan (indefinite inessive)
txingurriarengan (indefinite inessive singular)
txingurriengan (indefinite inessive plural)
txingurrirengana (allative indefinite)
txingurriarengana (allative indefinite singular)
txingurriengana (allative indefinite plural)
txingurrirenganaino (indefinite terminative)
txingurriarenganaino (indefinite singular terminative)
txingurrienganaino (indefinite plural terminative)
txingurrirenganantz (directive indefinite)
txingurriarenganantz (directive indefinite singular)
txingurrienganantz (directive indefinite plural)
txingurrirenganako (destinative indefinite)
txingurriarenganako (destinative indefinite singular)
txingurrienganako (destinative indefinite plural)
txingurrirengandik (ablative indefinite)
txingurriarengandik (ablative indefinite singular)
txingurriengandik (ablative indefinite plural)
txingurririk (indefinite partitive)
txingurritzat (indefinite prolative)
xinaurri (alternative)

Diminutive of *zinagurri (modern Lapurdian zinaurri), from Proto-Basque *ziNaguRi.


inurritegi

inurritegi (absolutive indefinite)
inurritegia (absolutive indefinite singular)
inurritegiak (absolutive indefinite plural)
inurritegik (ergative indefinite)
inurritegiak (ergative indefinite singular)
inurritegiek (ergative indefinite plural)
inurritegiri (dative indefinite)
inurritegiari (dative indefinite singular)
inurritegiei (dative indefinite plural)
inurritegiren (genitive indefinite)
inurritegiaren (genitive indefinite singular)
inurritegien (genitive indefinite plural)
inurritegirekin (comitative indefinite)
inurritegiarekin (comitative indefinite singular)
inurritegiekin (comitative indefinite plural)
inurritegirengatik (causative indefinite)
inurritegiarengatik (causative indefinite singular)
inurritegiengatik (causative indefinite plural)
inurritegirentzat (benefactive indefinite)
inurritegiarentzat (benefactive indefinite singular)
inurritegientzat (benefactive indefinite plural)
inurritegiz (indefinite instrumental)
inurritegiaz (indefinite instrumental singular)
inurritegiez (indefinite instrumental plural)
inurritegitan (indefinite inessive)
inurritegian (indefinite inessive singular)
inurritegietan (indefinite inessive plural)
inurritegitako (indefinite locative)
inurritegiko (indefinite locative singular)
inurritegietako (indefinite locative plural)
inurritegitara (allative indefinite)
inurritegira (allative indefinite singular)
inurritegietara (allative indefinite plural)
inurritegitaraino (indefinite terminative)
inurritegiraino (indefinite singular terminative)
inurritegietaraino (indefinite plural terminative)
inurritegitarantz (directive indefinite)
inurritegirantz (directive indefinite singular)
inurritegietarantz (directive indefinite plural)
inurritegitarako (destinative indefinite)
inurritegirako (destinative indefinite singular)
inurritegietarako (destinative indefinite plural)
inurritegitatik (ablative indefinite)
inurritegitik (ablative indefinite singular)
inurritegietatik (ablative indefinite plural)
inurritegirik (indefinite partitive)
inurritegitzat (indefinite prolative)


cacwn

cy-noun

cacwn f (collective, singulative cacynen)

cacynen (singulative)
cacwn
gacwn (soft)
nghacwn
chacwn

Possibly from cach (“excrement”) + cŵn (“dogs”). See cachgi bwm (“bumblebee”) for similar etymological elements.


ant farm

a glass-sided dirt-filled box containing ants, normally used as a biological study tool.


трут

trut (romanization)
трут (indefinite singular)
трутови (indefinite plural)
трутот (definite singular unspecified)
трутовите (definite plural unspecified)
трутов (definite proximal singular)
трутовиве (definite plural proximal)
трутон (definite distal singular)
трутовине (definite distal plural)
труту (singular vocative)
трутови (plural vocative)
трута (count-form plural)


трут

тру̑т (canonical masculine)
trȗt (romanization)
тру̑т (nominative singular)
тру́тови (nominative plural)
трута (genitive singular)
трутова (genitive plural)
труту (dative singular)
трутовима (dative plural)
трута (accusative singular)
трутове (accusative plural)
труте (singular vocative)
трутови (plural vocative)
труту (locative singular)
трутовима (locative plural)
трутом (instrumental singular)
трутовима (instrumental plural)


velvet ant

A wasp of the family Mutillidae with dense hair and whose wingless females resemble ants.


poneratoxin

A paralyzing neurotoxic peptide isolated from the venom of the bullet ant.


polistine

Any of the wasps of the subfamily Polistinae.


stenogastrine

Any of the wasps of the subfamily Stenogastrinae.


siricid

(zoology) Any of the family Siricidae of horntails, certain woodwasps.


Xylocopa

Ancient Greek ξυλοκόπος (xulokópos, “woodcutter”)

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Apidae – certain carpenter bees.


megachilid

(zoology) Any of the family Megachilidae of mostly solitary bees whose scopa is restricted to the ventral surface of the abdomen.


ömys

ȫmys (canonical feminine)
ömyssa (plural)


مور

From Proto-Iranian *marwíš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *marwíš, from Proto-Indo-European *morwi-.


مور

From Middle Persian [script needed] (mwl /mōr/), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *marwíš (“ant”).


abeja machiega

es-noun

abeja machiega f (plural abejas machiegas)


abeja maestra

abeja maestra f (plural abejas maestras)


moryon

moryonen (singulative)
moryon (unmutated)
voryon (soft)
foryon (mixed)
voryon (after-th mutation-mixed)

From Proto-Celtic *morwis, from Proto-Indo-European *morwi-. Compare Breton merien, Old Irish moirb.


tremble dance

A dance performed by the honey bee in order to recruit more bees to collect nectar from the workers.


anty

en-adj

anty (comparative more anty, superlative most anty)

more anty (comparative)
most anty (superlative)


ant mill

A phenomenon where a group of army ants separated from the main foraging party lose the pheromone track and begin to follow one another, forming a continuously rotating circle and eventually dying of exhaustion.


ceàrd-dubhan

ceàrd (“tinker, smith”) + dubhan (“hook”)


ܓܡܠܐ

head

ܓܲܡܠܵܐ • (gamlā) c (plural ܓܡܠܘܬܐ or ܓܡܠܢܐ or ܓܡܠܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܓܡܠܬܐ)

ܓܲܡܠܵܐ (canonical)
gamlā (romanization)
ܓܡܠܘܬܐ (plural)
ܓܡܠܢܐ (plural)
ܓܡܠܐ (plural)
ܓܡܠܬܐ (feminine singular)
ܓܡܠ (absolute singular)
ܓܡܠܝ (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
ܓܡܠܢ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
ܓܡܠ (construct singular)
ܓܡܠܟ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܓܡܠܟܝ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܓܡܠܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
ܓܡܠܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
ܓܡܠܐ (emphatic singular)
ܓܡܠܗ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܓܡܠܗ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܓܡܠܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
ܓܡܠܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
ܓܡܠܘܢ (absolute plural)
ܓܡܠܢܝܢ (absolute plural)
ܓܡܠܝܢ (absolute plural)
ܓܡܠܘܬܝ (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
ܓܡܠܢܝ (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
ܓܡܠܘܬܢ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
ܓܡܠܢܝܢ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
ܓܡܠܝܢ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
ܓܡܠܘܬ (construct plural)
ܓܡܠܢܝ (construct plural)
ܓܡܠܝ (construct plural)
ܓܡܠܘܬܟ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܓܡܠܢܝܟ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܓܡܠܝܟ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܓܡܠܘܬܟܝ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܓܡܠܢܝܟܝ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܓܡܠܝܟܝ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܓܡܠܘܬܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
ܓܡܠܢܝܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
ܓܡܠܝܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
ܓܡܠܘܬܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
ܓܡܠܢܝܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
ܓܡܠܝܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
ܓܡܠܘܬܐ (emphatic plural)
ܓܡܠܢܐ (emphatic plural)
ܓܡܠܐ (emphatic plural)
ܓܡܠܘܬܗ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܓܡܠܢܘܗܝ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܓܡܠܘܗܝ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܓܡܠܘܬܗ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܓܡܠܢܝܗ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܓܡܠܝܗ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܓܡܠܘܬܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
ܓܡܠܢܝܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
ܓܡܠܝܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
ܓܡܠܘܬܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
ܓܡܠܢܝܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
ܓܡܠܝܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

syc-decl-noun

ܓܡܠܘܢ ,ܓܡܠܢܝܢ ,ܓܡܠܝܢ

ܓܡܠܘܬ ,ܓܡܠܢܝ ,ܓܡܠܝ

ܓܡܠܘܬܐ ,ܓܡܠܢܐ ,ܓܡܠܐ

ܓܡܠܘܬܝ ,ܓܡܠܢܝ ,ܓܡܠܝ

ܓܡܠܘܬܟ ,ܓܡܠܢܝܟ ,ܓܡܠܝܟ

ܓܡܠܘܬܟܝ ,ܓܡܠܢܝܟܝ ,ܓܡܠܝܟܝ

ܓܡܠܘܬܗ ,ܓܡܠܢܘܗܝ ,ܓܡܠܘܗܝ

ܓܡܠܘܬܗ ,ܓܡܠܢܝܗ ,ܓܡܠܝܗ

ܓܡܠܘܬܢ ,ܓܡܠܢܝܢ ,ܓܡܠܝܢ

ܓܡܠܘܬܟܘܢ ,ܓܡܠܢܝܟܘܢ ,ܓܡܠܝܟܘܢ

ܓܡܠܘܬܟܝܢ ,ܓܡܠܢܝܟܝܢ ,ܓܡܠܝܟܝܢ

ܓܡܠܘܬܗܘܢ ,ܓܡܠܢܝܗܘܢ ,ܓܡܠܝܗܘܢ

ܓܡܠܘܬܗܝܢ ,ܓܡܠܢܝܗܝܢ ,ܓܡܠܝܗܝܢ

syc-infl-noun-table

ܓܡܠܘܢ ,ܓܡܠܢܝܢ ,ܓܡܠܝܢ

ܓܡܠܘܬ ,ܓܡܠܢܝ ,ܓܡܠܝ

ܓܡܠܘܬܐ ,ܓܡܠܢܐ ,ܓܡܠܐ

ܓܡܠܘܬܝ ,ܓܡܠܢܝ ,ܓܡܠܝ

ܓܡܠܘܬܟ ,ܓܡܠܢܝܟ ,ܓܡܠܝܟ

ܓܡܠܘܬܟܝ ,ܓܡܠܢܝܟܝ ,ܓܡܠܝܟܝ

ܓܡܠܘܬܗ ,ܓܡܠܢܘܗܝ ,ܓܡܠܘܗܝ

ܓܡܠܘܬܗ ,ܓܡܠܢܝܗ ,ܓܡܠܝܗ

ܓܡܠܘܬܢ ,ܓܡܠܢܝܢ ,ܓܡܠܝܢ

ܓܡܠܘܬܟܘܢ ,ܓܡܠܢܝܟܘܢ ,ܓܡܠܝܟܘܢ

ܓܡܠܘܬܟܝܢ ,ܓܡܠܢܝܟܝܢ ,ܓܡܠܝܟܝܢ

ܓܡܠܘܬܗܘܢ ,ܓܡܠܢܝܗܘܢ ,ܓܡܠܝܗܘܢ

ܓܡܠܘܬܗܝܢ ,ܓܡܠܢܝܗܝܢ ,ܓܡܠܝܗܝܢ


jointworm

The larva of a hymenopterous insect, Tetramesa tritici, found in gall-like swellings on wheatstalks, usually around the first joint.


myrmécophage

From Ancient Greek myrméco- (“ant”) + -phage (“eater”).


xenovenine

(organic chemistry) A pyrrolizidine alkaloid found in the venom of certain ants.


beehouse

beehouses (plural)
bee house (alternative)
bee-house (alternative)


rubytail

A European wasp, Chrysis ignita, with a bright red underside of the abdomen.


inchman

From inch (“unit of length”) + man (“soldier”).

We sit under the eaves to eat, or on stumps in the grass (there are “inchmen” about, giant lumbering bull ants).

1990, Beverley Farmer, A Body of Water: A Year's Notebook, page 46:

They would walk many miles along Ocean Beach and they would eat the fleshy leaves of the plant they called pigface and she called dead men's fingers, would rub the bite of jack-jumpers and the inchmen with the pulpy flesh.

1994, Richard Flanagan, Death of a River Guide, page 203:

Outside in the yard we had fierce orange bull ants whose bite was like a red-hot needle; and, for a season, two nests of the dreaded inchmen.

2004, John Harwood, The Ghost Writer, page 9:

(Australia, chiefly Tasmania) Any of several species of large, aggressive ants of the genus Myrmecia, mainly endemic to Australia.


bărzăun

bărzăuni (plural)
bărzăun (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
bărzăunul (accusative definite nominative singular)
bărzăuni (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
bărzăunii (accusative definite nominative plural)
bărzăun (indefinite singular)
bărzăunului (definite singular)
bărzăuni (indefinite singular)
bărzăunilor (definite plural)
bărzăunule (singular vocative)
bărzăunilor (vocative)


kudžoi

head

kudžoi (genitive kudžoin, partitive kudžoidu)

kudžoin (genitive)
kudžoidu (partitive)
kudžoi (nominative singular)
kudžoit (nominative plural)
kudžoin (genitive singular)
kudžoloin (genitive plural)
kudžoidu (partitive singular)
kudžoloidu (partitive plural)
kudžoih (illative singular)
kudžoloih (illative plural)
kudžois (inessive singular)
kudžolois (inessive plural)
kudžoispäi (elative singular)
kudžoloispäi (elative plural)
kudžoile (allative singular)
kudžoloile (allative plural)
kudžoil (adessive singular)
kudžoloil (adessive plural)
kudžoilpäi (ablative singular)
kudžoloilpäi (ablative plural)
kudžoikse (singular translative)
kudžoloikse (plural translative)
kudžoinnu (essive singular)
kudžoloinnu (essive plural)
kudžoittah (abessive singular)
kudžoloittah (abessive plural)
kudžoinke (comitative singular)
kudžoloinke (comitative plural)
kudžoloin (instructive plural)
kudžoiči (prolative singular)

olo-decl

Type 17/<i class="Latn mention" lang="olo">liipoi</i>, no gradation

From Proto-Finnic *kuci-. Cognates include Finnish kusiainen and Veps kužiaine.


ant sand

An ant-killing powder in granulated form.


sphex

From the Ancient Greek σφήξ (sphḗx, “wasp”), plural σφῆκες (sphêkes).

(zoology) Any of the sand wasps of Sphex and allied genera.


מוראַשקע

yi-noun

מוראַשקע • (murashke) f, plural מוראַשקעס (murashkes)

murashke (romanization)
murashkes (romanization)


qarışqa

az-noun

qarışqa (definite accusative qarışqanı, plural qarışqalar)

qarışqanı (accusative definite)
qarışqalar (plural)
qarışqam (first-person nominative possessive singular)
qarışqalarım (first-person nominative possessive singular)
qarışqan (nominative possessive second-person singular)
qarışqaların (nominative possessive second-person singular)
qarışqası (nominative possessive singular third-person)
qarışqaları (nominative possessive singular third-person)
qarışqamız (first-person nominative plural possessive)
qarışqalarımız (first-person nominative plural possessive)
qarışqanız (nominative plural possessive second-person)
qarışqalarınız (nominative plural possessive second-person)
qarışqası (nominative plural possessive third-person)
qarışqaları (nominative plural possessive third-person)
qarışqamı (accusative first-person possessive singular)
qarışqalarımı (accusative first-person possessive singular)
qarışqanı (accusative possessive second-person singular)
qarışqalarını (accusative possessive second-person singular)
qarışqasını (accusative possessive singular third-person)
qarışqalarını (accusative possessive singular third-person)
qarışqamızı (accusative first-person plural possessive)
qarışqalarımızı (accusative first-person plural possessive)
qarışqanızı (accusative plural possessive second-person)
qarışqalarınızı (accusative plural possessive second-person)
qarışqasını (accusative plural possessive third-person)
qarışqalarını (accusative plural possessive third-person)
qarışqama (dative first-person possessive singular)
qarışqalarıma (dative first-person possessive singular)
qarışqana (dative possessive second-person singular)
qarışqalarına (dative possessive second-person singular)
qarışqasına (dative possessive singular third-person)
qarışqalarına (dative possessive singular third-person)
qarışqamıza (dative first-person plural possessive)
qarışqalarımıza (dative first-person plural possessive)
qarışqanıza (dative plural possessive second-person)
qarışqalarınıza (dative plural possessive second-person)
qarışqasına (dative plural possessive third-person)
qarışqalarına (dative plural possessive third-person)
qarışqamda (first-person locative possessive singular)
qarışqalarımda (first-person locative possessive singular)
qarışqanda (locative possessive second-person singular)
qarışqalarında (locative possessive second-person singular)
qarışqasında (locative possessive singular third-person)
qarışqalarında (locative possessive singular third-person)
qarışqamızda (first-person locative plural possessive)
qarışqalarımızda (first-person locative plural possessive)
qarışqanızda (locative plural possessive second-person)
qarışqalarınızda (locative plural possessive second-person)
qarışqasında (locative plural possessive third-person)
qarışqalarında (locative plural possessive third-person)
qarışqamdan (ablative first-person possessive singular)
qarışqalarımdan (ablative first-person possessive singular)
qarışqandan (ablative possessive second-person singular)
qarışqalarından (ablative possessive second-person singular)
qarışqasından (ablative possessive singular third-person)
qarışqalarından (ablative possessive singular third-person)
qarışqamızdan (ablative first-person plural possessive)
qarışqalarımızdan (ablative first-person plural possessive)
qarışqanızdan (ablative plural possessive second-person)
qarışqalarınızdan (ablative plural possessive second-person)
qarışqasından (ablative plural possessive third-person)
qarışqalarından (ablative plural possessive third-person)
qarışqamın (first-person genitive possessive singular)
qarışqalarımın (first-person genitive possessive singular)
qarışqanın (genitive possessive second-person singular)
qarışqalarının (genitive possessive second-person singular)
qarışqasının (genitive possessive singular third-person)
qarışqalarının (genitive possessive singular third-person)
qarışqamızın (first-person genitive plural possessive)
qarışqalarımızın (first-person genitive plural possessive)
qarışqanızın (genitive plural possessive second-person)
qarışqalarınızın (genitive plural possessive second-person)
qarışqasının (genitive plural possessive third-person)
qarışqalarının (genitive plural possessive third-person)

From Proto-Common Turkic *kiarïnč-ɣa, from Proto-Turkic *karïnčga (“ant”). Doublet of qarınca. Cognate with Turkish karınca, Crimean Tatar qarınca, Turkmen garynja (“ant”).


myrmicine

The discovery of tandem calling with pheromones in Leptothorax throws considerable light on the evolution of chemical recruitment techniques in myrmicine ants generally.

1990, Bert Hölldobler, Edward O. Wilson, The Ants, page 274:

The chemistry of the myrmicine genus Solenopsis is so aberrant that it reduces generalizations about ant venoms to the absurd.

2012, Murry Blum, Chemical Defenses of Arthropods, page 329:

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the ant subfamily Myrmicinae.

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the ant genus Myrmica.


myrmicine

Subfamily Myrmicinae
[…]Species of myrmicines are most likely to be confused with species of Leptanilla or Tetraponera because of the two-segmented petiole.

1999, Steven O. Shattuck, Australian Ants: Their Biology and Identification, volume 3, page 122:

The other dominant ant subfamilies were also present but with lesser importance (fig. 1.4). Toward the end of the ponerine expansion (Early Eocene), the myrmicines began to radiate, surpassing the ponerines in biomass and diversity.

2007, Victor Rico-Gray, Paulo S. Oliveira, The Ecology and Evolution of Ant-Plant Interactions, page 12:

The pseudomyrmecines can only be mistaken for myrmicines, but in the former there is always a fully developed promesonotal suture that is fully articulated and flexible in fresh specimens—a character that is always absent from myrmicines.

2016, Brian L. Fisher, Barry Bolton, Ants of Africa and Madagascar: A Guide to the Genera, page 56:

(zoology) Any ant of the subfamily Myrmicinae.


Eulophidae

Eulophus (from Ancient Greek εὔλοφος (eúlophos), from εὖ (eû, “well”) + λοφος (lophos, “crest”)) + -idae

A taxonomic family within the order Hymenoptera – many chalcid wasps.

Acrias

(family): Elasminae, Entedoninae, Entiinae, Euderinae, Eulophinae, Tetrastichinae - subfamiles


Chalcidoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Hymenoptera – chalcid wasps.


honeybag

good monsieur, get your weapons in your hand, and kill me a red-hipped humble-bee on the top of a thistle; and, good monsieur, bring me the honey-bag

c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:

A pouch in a honey bee where it stores honey.


furmeila

furmeilas (plural)
furmicla (alternative)
furmia (alternative)

From Latin furmīca, formīca, possibly through a Late Latin diminutive formicula.


furmia

furmias (plural)
furmicla (alternative)
furmeila (alternative)


formicid

(zoology) Any member of the ant family Formicidae.


skaddon

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σχαδών (skhadṓn, “larva of the bee or wasp”).

bor+

The reaſon is, that the vveather keeping them in, they can doe nothing but breed and hatch their schadons: and when they goe abroad, they bring in groſſe Bee meat, Ambroſia and vvater, vvherewith to feed them; but can finde nothing fit to lay vp in ſtore.

1623, Charles Butler, The Feminine Monarchie, London: Joseph Haviland, page 92:

This is a way hath been practised by the Ancients, and hath been much endeavoured after to be revived again, though not with any good success; for if you take away any part of their Combs in the Spring, they are then full of Skaddons, which spoil the Honey, and also destroy the breed of your Bees.

1669, John Worlidge, Systema Agriculturae, London: J. C., published 1675, page 186:

One ſays, in September, or any Time after they have done breeding (elſe the Honey will be corrupted by the Shaddens in the Combs) […]

1742, William Ellis, The Modern Husbandman, London: T. Osborne; M. Cooper, published 1744, page 107:

(UK, dialect, obsolete) The larva of a bee.


king of insects

(often capitalised as “King of Insects”, as is the convention for monarchic titles) The bee.


formiga-correição

pt-noun

formiga-correição f (plural formigas-correição)

formigas-correição (plural)
formiga de correição (alternative)

[foʁˌmi.ɡɐ.ko.χeɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


مورینک

head

مورینک • (morínk)


სკა

სკა • (sḳa) (plural სკალეფი)

sḳa (romanization)
სკალეფი (plural)
ფსკა (alternative)
ბსქა (alternative)
სქა (alternative)

Akin to Laz მცქა (mʒka), Georgian სკა (sḳa).


ant egg

A small white egg-shaped pupa or cocoon of an ant.


ichneumonidan

(zoology) Of or relating to the Ichneumonidae, or ichneumon wasps.


fourmilière

(figuratively) beehive (place full of activity, or in which people are very busy)


ձիաստաց

ձիաստաց • (jiastacʻ)

hy-noun

ձիաստաց • (jiastacʻ)

jiastacʻ (romanization)
ձիաստաց (nominative singular)
ձիաստացներ (nominative plural)
ձիաստացի (dative singular)
ձիաստացների (dative plural)
ձիաստացից (ablative singular)
ձիաստացներից (ablative plural)
ձիաստացով (instrumental singular)
ձիաստացներով (instrumental plural)
ձիաստացը (definite nominative singular)
ձիաստացն (definite nominative singular)
ձիաստացները (definite nominative plural)
ձիաստացներն (definite nominative plural)
ձիաստացին (dative definite singular)
ձիաստացներին (dative definite plural)
ձիաստացս (first-person nominative possessive singular)
ձիաստացներս (first-person nominative plural possessive)
ձիաստացիս (dative first-person possessive singular)
ձիաստացներիս (dative first-person plural possessive)
ձիաստացիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular)
ձիաստացներիցս (ablative first-person plural possessive)
ձիաստացովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular)
ձիաստացներովս (first-person instrumental plural possessive)
ձիաստացդ (nominative possessive second-person singular)
ձիաստացներդ (nominative plural possessive second-person)
ձիաստացիդ (dative possessive second-person singular)
ձիաստացներիդ (dative plural possessive second-person)
ձիաստացիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular)
ձիաստացներիցդ (ablative plural possessive second-person)
ձիաստացովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular)
ձիաստացներովդ (instrumental plural possessive second-person)

hy-decl-noun

ձիաստացը/ձիաստացն

ձիաստացները/ձիաստացներն

ձիաստացներին

ձիաստացներից

ձիաստացներով

ձիաստացներիս

ձիաստացներիցս

ձիաստացներովս

ձիաստացներիդ

ձիաստացներիցդ

ձիաստացներովդ


antly

en-adj

antly (comparative antlier or more antly, superlative antliest or most antly)

antlier (comparative)
more antly (comparative)
antliest (superlative)
most antly (superlative)

Statues, of heroic size, would be erected to the great ant heroes — warriors, builders, or what not — inscribed with phrases like, "He was the antliest ant of all time." . . . And of course there would be an anthropomorphic god.

1964, Conrad Aiken, Richard P. Blackmur, The collected novels of Conrad Aiken:

Beside the pool, the little workers were diligently going about their antly business, unnoticed by everybody except Milton.

Such a plan just wouldn't be reasonable, given typical antly survival requirements. Cooperation is surely the best policy. It would be much wiser for each ant to align its behaviour with that of its fellows, provided those other ants do [...]

2007, Robert Malcolm Murray, Jan Narveson, Liberty, Games and Contracts:

You must accept a proffered Pique Ant ambassador, as you are pique ants too. By antly protocol you are obliged to grant me the hospitality of the hill for a day and night.” “This is highly irregular.” “Nevertheless legitimate.

Of, resembling, characteristic of, or pertaining to ants; formic.


ܢܡܠܐ

head

ܢܡܠܐ • (transliteration needed) c (plural ܢܡܠܐ)

ܢܡܠܐ (plural)
ܢܡܠ (absolute singular)
ܢܡܠܝ (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
ܢܡܠܢ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
ܢܡܠ (construct singular)
ܢܡܠܟ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܢܡܠܟܝ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܢܡܠܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
ܢܡܠܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
ܢܡܠܐ (emphatic singular)
ܢܡܠܗ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܢܡܠܗ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܢܡܠܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
ܢܡܠܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

Compare Arabic نَمْلَة (namla) and Hebrew נְמָלָה (nəmālâ).


sphecid

The coloring indicates it’s a female. The males are smaller and mostly black. And you might not have been able to tell, but the sphecid wasps have a very narrow, threadlike waist.

2016 September 8, Joan Morris, “What’s been stealing my stuffing?”, in The Mercury News:

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Sphecidae family of wasps.


భ్రమరము

te-noun

భ్రమరము • (bhramaramu) ? (plural భ్రమరములు)

bhramaramu (romanization)
భ్రమరములు (plural)
భ్రమరం (alternative)

* From Sanskrit भ्रमर (bhramara, “large black bee”) + -ము (-mu)

uder

the large black carpenter bee (Xylocopa)


freunmionniéthe

head

freunmionniéthe f (plural freunmionniéthes)


freunmion

freunmions (plural)
frémîn (alternative)


topbar

(beekeeping) One of a set of parallel bars, at the top of a beehive, to which the bees attach their comb.


Megachile

→ French: mégachile

From New Latin megachilus, from Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs, “big”) + χεῖλος (kheîlos, “lip”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Megachilidae – leaf-cutter bees.


sauba ant

A South American leaf-cutter ant (Atta cephalotes).


פֿערדבין

yi-noun

פֿערדבין • (ferdbin) f, plural פֿערדבינען (ferdbinen)

ferdbin (romanization)
ferdbinen (romanization)

פֿערד (ferd, “horse”) + בין (bin, “bee”)


formaica

From Latin formīca. Compare Dalmatian furmeîga, Venetan formìga.


red-banded sand wasp

en-noun

red-banded sand wasp (plural red-banded sand wasps)

Ammophila sabulosa, found in northern Europe, is a species of wasp within the subfamily Ammophilinae of the hunting wasp family Sphecidae.


matcă

mătci (plural)
matcă (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
matca (accusative definite nominative singular)
mătci (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
mătcile (accusative definite nominative plural)
mătci (indefinite singular)
mătcii (definite singular)
mătcilor (definite plural)
matcă (singular vocative)
matco (singular vocative)
mătcilor (vocative)


tkacz

tkacz (nominative singular)
tkacze (nominative plural)
tkacza (genitive singular)
tkaczy (genitive plural)
tkaczowi (dative singular)
tkaczom (dative plural)
tkacza (accusative singular)
tkacze (accusative plural)
tkaczem (instrumental singular)
tkaczami (instrumental plural)
tkaczu (locative singular)
tkaczach (locative plural)
tkaczu (singular vocative)
tkacze (plural vocative)

Inherited from Old Polish tkacz, from Proto-Slavic *tъkačь. By surface analysis, tkać (“to weave”) + -acz.

surf

Philetairus socius
Wikispecies:Philetairus socius


mjalcë

sq-noun

mjalcë f (plural mjalca, definite mjalca, definite plural mjalcat)

mjalca (plural)
mjalca (definite)
mjalcat (definite plural)

From Proto-Albanian *melitjā, from *melita (“honey”). More at mjaltë.


thnegël

thnegël f (plural thnegla, definite thnegla, definite plural thneglat)

thnegla (plural)
thnegla (definite)
thneglat (definite plural)
thnegël (indefinite nominative singular)
thnegla (definite nominative singular)
thnegla (indefinite nominative plural)
thneglat (definite nominative plural)
thnegël (accusative indefinite singular)
thneglën (accusative definite singular)
thnegla (accusative indefinite plural)
thneglat (accusative definite plural)
thnegle (dative indefinite singular)
thneglës (dative definite singular)
thneglave (dative indefinite plural)
thneglave (dative definite plural)
thnegle (ablative indefinite singular)
thneglës (ablative definite singular)
thneglash (ablative indefinite plural)
thneglave (ablative definite plural)
fnégullë (alternative)
thënegël (alternative)
thënegullë (alternative)
thënegull (alternative)
thënëjegëll (alternative)
thnegëll (alternative)
thnegullë (alternative)
fënequllë (alternative)

Inherited from Proto-Albanian *ts-angulā, prefixed diminutive of Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis (“snake”) (compare Latin anguis, Lithuanian angìs, Old High German angar (“kind of maggot”)). Alternatiely, from Proto-Albanian *sengulā, diminutive of Proto-Indo-European *sengʰ- (“ant”) (compare Old Prussian sangis, Irish seangán, Central Kurdish ھەنگ (heng, “bee”)).


մրջիւնոց

head

մրջիւնոց • (mrǰiwnocʻ)

xcl-noun

մրջիւնոց • (mrǰiwnocʻ)

mrǰiwnocʻ (romanization)
մրջիւնոց (nominative singular)
մրջիւնոցք (nominative plural)
մրջիւնոցի (genitive singular)
մրջիւնոցաց (genitive plural)
մրջիւնոցի (dative singular)
մրջիւնոցաց (dative plural)
մրջիւնոց (accusative singular)
մրջիւնոցս (accusative plural)
մրջիւնոցէ (ablative singular)
մրջիւնոցաց (ablative plural)
մրջիւնոցաւ (instrumental singular)
մրջիւնոցի (locative singular)
մրջիւնոցս (locative plural)
մրջմնոց (alternative)

xcl-decl-noun

մրջիւնոցաւք = մրջիւնոցօք

Armenian: մրջնոց (mrǰnocʻ)


'anet

head

ánet (absolute singular ánet, plural ántem)

ánet (canonical)
ánet (absolute singular)
ántem (plural)


పిపీలకము

te-noun

పిపీలకము • (pipīlakamu) ? (plural పిపీలకములు)

pipīlakamu (romanization)
పిపీలకములు (plural)

From Sanskrit पिपीलक (pipīlaka) + -ము (-mu).


రెక్కలచీమ

రెక్కలచీమ • (rekkalacīma) ? (plural రెక్కలచీమలు)

rekkalacīma (romanization)
రెక్కలచీమలు (plural)


చలిచీమ

calicīma (romanization)
చలిచీమలు (plural)

a black ant, so called because it is benign or merciful and is not stinging as the red ant does


euglossine

(zoology) Of or relating to the Euglossini, or orchid bees


tarantula hawk

A kind of spider wasp (family Pompilidae) with one of the most painful insect stings, that deposits an egg on its prey, which include tarantulas, the larvae feeding from the living prey.


pompilid

(zoology) Any member of the Pompilidae, or spider wasps.


busut

ms-noun

busut (Jawi spelling بوسوت, plural busut-busut, informal 1st possessive busutku, 2nd possessive busutmu, 3rd possessive busutnya)

بوسوت (Jawi)
busut-busut (plural)
busutku (first-person informal possessive)
busutmu (possessive second-person)
busutnya (possessive third-person)


بوسوت

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بوسوت (Rumi spelling busut, plural بوسوت٢)

busut (Rumi)
بوسوت٢ (plural)
busut (alternative)


kelep

The Guatemalan stinging ant Ectatomma tuberculatum.


skudra

skudra (nominative singular)
skudras (nominative plural)
skudras (genitive singular)
skudru (genitive plural)
skudrai (dative singular)
skudrām (dative plural)
skudru (accusative singular)
skudras (accusative plural)
skudru (instrumental singular)
skudrām (instrumental plural)
skudrā (locative singular)
skudrās (locative plural)
skudra (singular vocative)
skudras (plural vocative)
skudre (alternative)
skudrs (alternative)

This word has the same origin as the verb skaust (“to envy, to (be)grudge”) (q.v.) and the adjective skaudrs (“sharp, acute, biting”): the Proto-Indo-European stem *skaud-, *skud- (with an extra -r, yielding Proto-Baltic *skudr-). The original meaning was therefore “that which cuts, pierces, bites.” Cognates include Lithuanian skudrùs (“quick, crafty; sharp, cutting”).

cog

melnā skudra

lielā dzeltenā skudra

sarkanās, rūsganās skudras

meža skudras

skudru pūznis

skudru oliņas

skudru spirts

ant alcohol (a solution of formic acid in ethanol)

čakls kā skudra

ant (many species of insects from the family Formicidae, usually forming big colonies)


Apini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Apidae – honeybees.


agaonid

(zoology) A fig wasp, of family Agaonidae.


xiphydriid

(zoology) Any of the family Xiphydriidae of woodwasps.


xyelid

Like raphidiids, xyelids have the mesopleuron divided into an episternum and epimeron by a distinct mesopleural suture, but the suture is angled much more obliquely and the epimeron is much smaller than the episternum (Figs. 8-10).

1993, Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada:

(zoology) Any sawfly in the family Xyelidae.


xylocopid

(zoology) Any in the family Xylocopidae of carpenter bees, now considered the apid subfamily Xylocopinae.


ampulicid

(zoology) Any member of the Ampulicidae.


anaxyelid

(zoology) Any wood wasp in the family Anaxyelidae.


andrenid

(zoology) Any member of the family Andrenidae of bees.


anthophorid

(zoology) Any bee in the family Anthophoridae, now considered part of the family Apidae.


aphelinid

In most chalcidoids, the mesopleura have a groove for the femora, but encyrtids lack this groove (as do the signiphorids, tanaostigmatids, some aphelinids, and some eupelmids).

2005, Norman F. Johnson, Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects, page 531:

(zoology) Any member of the family Aphelinidae of parasitic wasps.


aphidiid

(zoology) Any parasitic wasp in the former family Aphidiidae, now considered to be part of the Braconidae.


aulacid

(zoology) Any member of the family Aulacidae of wasps.


bethylid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Bethylidae.


blasticotomid

(zoology) Any sawfly of the family Blasticotomidae.


bradynobaenid

(zoology) Any wasp of the family Bradynobaenidae.


cephid

(zoology) Any in the family Cephidae of sawflies.


ceraphronid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Ceraphronidae.


chalcidid

(zoology) Any member of the family Chalcididae, certain wasps.


chrysidid

Females of Delta campaniforme esuriens do not attack chrysidids that are breaking into their nests, but parasitism will cause them to abandon the nest (Jayakar and Spurway 1968).

1991, David P. Cowan, “2: The Solitary and Presocial Vespidae”, in Kenneth G. Ross, Robert W. Matthews, editors, The Social Biology of Wasps, page 56:

Chrysidids (3000 species) are especially diverse in temperate deserts of both hemispheres.

2005, Cedric Gillott, Entomology, page 342:

2006, Lynn Siri Kimsey, California Cuckoo Wasps in the Family Chrysididae (Hymenoptera), Entomology: Volume 125, University of California Press, page 4,
Species of Argochrysis exhibit an unusual behavior not seen in other chrysidids or parasitoids.

(zoology) Any wasp of the family Chrysididae.


cimbicid

(zoology) Any sawfly in the family Cimbicidae.


colletid

(zoology) Any member of the family Colletidae of solitary bees.


ctenoplectrid

Larval characters should be reanalyzed in light of recent information presented by Michener and Greenberg (1980) that indicates ctenoplectrids are the sister group of the long-tongued bee families (Figure 2).

1989, Ronald J. McGinley, A Catalog and Review of Immature Apoidea (Hymenoptera), page 5:

Obligate parasitism of other bees has arisen in halictids, megachilids, anthophorids, apids, and perhaps a few colletids and ctenoplectrids.

1989, David W. Roubik, Ecology and Natural History of Tropical Bees, published 1992, page 249:

Melittid bees have “hair felt” patches on their legs that take up floral oils by capillarity, while the unusual ctenoplectrids have abdominal oil-mopping hairs.

2011, Pat Willmer, Pollination and Floral Ecology, page 222:

(zoology) Any bee of the tribe Ctenoplectrini (especially when the latter is, as formerly by some, regarded as the family Ctenoplectridae).


cynipid

(zoology) Any member of the family Cynipidae of wasps.


diapriid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Diapriidae.


diprionid

(zoology) Any sawfly in the family Diprionidae.


dryinid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Dryinidae.


elasmid

(zoology) Any tiny parasitic wasp in the family Elasmidae, now considered to be part of the Eulophidae.


encyrtid

(zoology) Any parasitic wasp in the family Encyrtidae.


eucharitid

(zoology) Any parasitic wasp in the family Eucharitidae.


eulophid

(zoology) Any parasitic wasp of the family Eulophidae.


eupelmid

(zoology) Any member of the family Eupelmidae of parasitic wasps.


eurytomid

(zoology) Any parasitic wasp in the family Eurytomidae.


evaniid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Evaniidae.


figitid

(zoology) Any parasitoid wasp in the family Figitidae.


gasteruptiid

(zoology) Any parasitic wasp in the family Gasteruptiidae.


gasteruptionid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Gasteruptionidae, a synonym of the Gasteruptiidae.


halictid

A single Eleodes hispilabris (apparently on its last leg) was seen near the north end of the mesa, which I photographed and collected, and on the way back I encountered a small patch of Sphaeralcea coccinea (scarlet globemallow) in bloom, from the flowers of which I collected a few small melyrid-type beetles and a small halictid bee for Mike.

2022 May 14, Ted C. MacRae, Cupressaceae:

(zoology) Any member of the family Halictidae, many of which are known as sweat bees.


ibaliid

(zoology) Any cynipoid wasp in the family Ibaliidae.


ichneumonoid

(zoology) Any member of the superfamily Ichneumonoidea.


leucospid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Leucospidae.


masarid

(entomolology) Any member of the vespoid family Masaridae, which is now generally classified as the subfamily Masarinae of the family Vespidae.


megalyrid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Megalyridae.


megaspilid

(zoology) Any parasitic wasp in the family Megaspilidae.


meliponid

(zoology) Any bee in the family Meliponidae, now considered to be the apid tribe Meliponini.


melittid

Regarding the transport sites, apids, melittids, ctenoplectrids, and megachilids all show little variation whereas the other bee families display wide variation.

1992, David W. Roubik, editor, Ecology and Natural History of Tropical Bees, page 45:

In further support of the antiquity of this clade is the widely disjunct distribution of some of its basal members among the dasypodaine melittids, as indicated in Sections 26 and 68 and Michener (1981a).

2000, Charles Duncan Michener, The Bees of the World, volume 1, page 95:

The relatively good fossil representation of melittids and their long-tongued associates has been argued to be a reflection of a bias in favour of resin-collecting bees.

2010, Geoff Williams, Paul Adam, The Flowering of Australia's Rainforests: A Plant and Pollination Miscellany, page 105:

(zoology) Any bee of the family Melittidae.


mutillid

(zoology) Any velvet ant in the family Mutillidae.


mymarid

(zoology) Any chalcid wasp in the family Mymaridae.


mymarommatid

(zoology) Any tiny wasp in the family Mymarommatidae.


ormyrid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Ormyridae.


orussid

(zoology) Any wasp of the family Orussidae.


pamphiliid

(zoology) Any in the family Pamphiliidae of sawflies.


pelecinid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Pelecinidae.


pergid

(zoology) Any sawfly in the family Pergidae.


perilampid

(zoology) Any parasitic wasp of the family Perilampidae.


platygastrid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Platygastridae.


pteromalid

(zoology) Any member of the family Pteromalidae of parasitic wasps.


rhopalosomatid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Rhopalosomatidae.


sapygid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Sapygidae.


scelionid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Scelionidae.


scoliid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Scoliidae.


sierolomorphid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Sierolomorphidae.


signiphorid

(zoology) Any member of the Signiphoridae of parasitic wasps.


stenotritid

(zoology) Any bee in the family Stenotritidae (now subfamily Stenotritinae in Colletidae).


stephanid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Stephanidae.


tanaostigmatid

Galls on tamboti branches are caused by the larvae of a wasp of the tanaostigmatid family, which bores into the wood to lay her eggs.

1993, Braam Van Wyk, Bushveld Trees: Lifeblood of the Transvaal Lowveld, page 70:

We have indirect evidence that at least a couple species of Tanaostigmatidae (Tanaoneura hirticoxa and a species of Tanaostigmodes in the gracilis group) feed as inquilines in various leaf galls on Inga (influding morphospecies 21) and modify gall morphology, as has been reported in another tanaostigmatid species (Fernandes et al. 1987) and cynipid gall wasps (Brooks and Shorthouse 1998).

2014, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, Neotropical Insect Galls, page 159:

(zoology) Any member of the family Tanaostigmatidae of parasitic wasps.


tenthredinid

(zoology) Any sawfly in the family Tenthredinidae.


tetracampid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Tetracampidae.


thysanid

(zoology) Any chalcidoid in the family Thysanidae, a synonym of the Signiphoridae.


tiphiid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Tiphiidae.


torymid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Torymidae.


trichogrammatid

(zoology) Any member of the Trichogrammatidae.


trigonalid

(zoology) Any wasp in the family Trigonalidae.


matahormigas

Verb-object compound, composed of mata (“to kill”) + hormigas (“ants”).


ܪܚܫܐ

raḥšā (romanization)
ܪܚܫܐ (plural)
ܪܚܫ (absolute singular)
ܪܚܫܝ (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
ܪܚܫܢ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
ܪܚܫ (construct singular)
ܪܚܫܟ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܪܚܫܟܝ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܪܚܫܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
ܪܚܫܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
ܪܚܫܐ (emphatic singular)
ܪܚܫܗ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܪܚܫܗ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܪܚܫܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
ܪܚܫܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

From the root ܪ ܚ ܫ related to creeping; compare Arabic حَشَرَة (ḥašara), Hebrew רַחַשׁ (ráḥaš).

(collectively) any creeping thing: insects (especially ants), vermin, reptiles, etc.; a creeper


Pompilus

Latin pompilus (“pilot fish”), from Ancient Greek πομπίλος (pompílos).

A taxonomic genus within the family Pompilidae – several spider wasps.


azcayoh

Azcayo.coſa llena de hormigas.
(Azcayo. something full of ants.)

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 10r. col.2:


Ameisenhügel

de-noun

Ameisenhügel m (strong, genitive Ameisenhügels, plural Ameisenhügel)

Ameisenhügels (genitive)
Ameisenhügel (plural)
Ameisenhügel (nominative singular)
Ameisenhügel (definite nominative plural)
Ameisenhügels (genitive singular)
Ameisenhügel (definite genitive plural)
Ameisenhügel (dative singular)
Ameisenhügeln (dative definite plural)
Ameisenhügel (accusative singular)
Ameisenhügel (accusative definite plural)

anthill (a home built by ants resembling a small hill)


karınca yuvası

head

karınca yuvası (definite accusative karınca yuvasını, plural karınca yuvaları)

karınca yuvasını (accusative definite)
karınca yuvaları (plural)
karınca yuvası (nominative singular)
karınca yuvaları (nominative plural)
karınca yuvasını (accusative definite singular)
karınca yuvalarını (accusative definite plural)
karınca yuvasına (dative singular)
karınca yuvalarına (dative plural)
karınca yuvasında (locative singular)
karınca yuvalarında (locative plural)
karınca yuvasından (ablative singular)
karınca yuvalarından (ablative plural)
karınca yuvasının (genitive singular)
karınca yuvalarının (genitive plural)


imme

nl-noun

imme f (plural immen, diminutive immetje n)

immen (plural)
immetje (diminutive neuter)
ieme (alternative)

From Middle Dutch imme, from Old Dutch *imbi, from Proto-West Germanic *imbī. Cognate with Old Saxon *imbi, Middle Low German imme, German Low German Imm, Old High German imbi, impi, Middle High German imbe, German Imme, Bavarian Imp, Old Frisian *em, *eme, Saterland Frisian Ieme, West Frisian ime.


తుమ్మెద

te-noun

తుమ్మెద • (tummeda) ? (plural తుమ్మెదలు)

tummeda (romanization)
తుమ్మెదలు (plural)


bijenkoningin

nl-noun

bijenkoningin f (plural bijenkoninginnen, diminutive bijenkoninginnetje n)

bijenkoninginnen (plural)
bijenkoninginnetje (diminutive neuter)

From bijen (“bees”) + -en- + koningin (“queen”). Cognate with German Bienenkönigin.

affix

a queen bee (fertile female of social insects)


stršljen

стршљен (Cyrillic)
stršljen (nominative singular)
stršljenovi (nominative plural)
stršljena (genitive singular)
stršljenova (genitive plural)
stršljenu (dative singular)
stršljenovima (dative plural)
stršljena (accusative singular)
stršljenove (accusative plural)
stršljene (singular vocative)
stršljenovi (plural vocative)
stršljenu (locative singular)
stršljenovima (locative plural)
stršljenom (instrumental singular)
stršljenovima (instrumental plural)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sьrxy (“hornet”) (stem *sьršen-), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śiršō (“hornet”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂s- (“hornet”).


стршљен

stršljen (romanization)
стршљен (nominative singular)
стршљенови (nominative plural)
стршљена (genitive singular)
стршљенова (genitive plural)
стршљену (dative singular)
стршљеновима (dative plural)
стршљена (accusative singular)
стршљенове (accusative plural)
стршљене (singular vocative)
стршљенови (plural vocative)
стршљену (locative singular)
стршљеновима (locative plural)
стршљеном (instrumental singular)
стршљеновима (instrumental plural)

sh-decl-noun

стршљеновима

стршљеновима

стршљеновима


Euglossa bazinga

Previously misidentified as Euglossa ignita in 1874, Euglossa bazinga was identified as a distinct species in 2012 by Brazilian entomologist André Nemésio. Nemésio named the species after bazinga, a catchphrase that the character Sheldon Cooper on the sitcom The Big Bang Theory uses when playing a trick, because he felt the species had "tricked" scientists with its similarity to E. ignita.

A taxonomic species within the family Apidae – a recently identified orchid bee, native to Brazil.

Euglossa bazinga
Sheldon Cooper
The Big Bang Theory


apple bee

apple bees (plural)
apple-bee (alternative)


పుట్టతేనె

te-noun

పుట్టతేనె • (puṭṭatēne) ? (plural పుట్టతేనెలు)

puṭṭatēne (romanization)
పుట్టతేనెలు (plural)

compound

పుట్ట (puṭṭa) + తేనె (tēne)


ܫܘܫܡܢܐ

head

ܫܘܫܡܢܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܘܫܡܢܐ)

ܫܘܫܡܢܐ (plural)
ܫܘܫܡܢ (absolute singular)
ܫܘܫܡܢܝ (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
ܫܘܫܡܢܢ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
ܫܘܫܡܢ (construct singular)
ܫܘܫܡܢܟ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܫܘܫܡܢܟܝ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܫܘܫܡܢܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
ܫܘܫܡܢܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
ܫܘܫܡܢܐ (emphatic singular)
ܫܘܫܡܢܗ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܫܘܫܡܢܗ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܫܘܫܡܢܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
ܫܘܫܡܢܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

From *ܫܘܡܫܡܢܐ (šumšəmānā). Compare Arabic سُمْسُم (sumsum).


Carniolan honeybee

en-noun

Carniolan honeybee (plural Carniolan honeybees)

Carniolan honeybees (plural)
Carniolan bee (alternative)
Carniolan honey bee (alternative)

Apis mellifera carnica, a subspecies of the western honeybee


antling

Certainly, the kicking of the imprisoned antling is apparent enough to attract even the most stupid nurse, and the vigor of the motions, perhaps even the beginning of them, might easily give warning of the proper time for cutting the envelop.

1876, American Entomological Society, Transactions of the American Entomological Society - Volume 5 - Page 289:

This antling was, as indeed all the larvae and cocoons appeared to be, of the dwarf caste.

1884, The Annals and magazine of natural history:

Some of these caves were used as nurseries for eggs, larvaa, and antlings; [...]

1905, Harper's Magazine, volume 111, page 297:

Fortunately it so "happens " — if that be the lawful word — that its puparium is invariably formed at the posterior pole of the ant cocoon, directly opposite the anterior pole from which, as the point next to its jaws in its recumbent position, the antling emerges, and to which, as the point of fracture, the strain and force within and without are directed.

1909, Henry Christopher McCook, Ant communities and how they are governed:


beeling

Herein must go an egg and food for the beeling that shall hatch therefrom.

1906, Harper's magazine, volume 113, page 593:

[...] in which the pollen is gathered and carried to the cells to feed the hungry little larvae or beelings when they are hatched from the egg.

1907, Henry Christopher McCook, Nature's craftsmen:


白子

/paɪ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/paɪ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡si⁵⁵⁴/

/pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡zi⁵³/

/baʔ¹¹ t͡sz̩²³/

/paɪ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/paɪ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡si⁵⁵⁴/

/pɛ(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ d͡zi⁵³/

/baʔ¹¹ t͡sz̩²³/

(Zhangzhou Hokkien) white keys (of a piano)


मधुमक्खी

hi-noun

मधुमक्खी • (madhumakkhī) f (Urdu spelling مدھمکھی)

madhumakkhī (romanization)
مدھمکھی (Urdu)
मधुमक्खी (direct singular)
मधुमक्खियाँ (direct plural)
मधुमक्खी (oblique singular)
मधुमक्खियों (oblique plural)
मधुमक्खी (singular vocative)
मधुमक्खियो (plural vocative)

From मधु (madhu) + मक्खी (makkhī). Compare Gujarati મધમાખી (madhmākhī), Marathi मधमाशी (madhmāśī), Bengali মৌমাছি (mōumachi), Assamese মৌমাখি (moumakhi).


شہد کی مکھی

ur-noun

شَہْد کی مَکھّی

शहद की मक्खी

شَہْد کی مَکھّی • (śahd kī makhhī) f (Hindi spelling शहद की मक्खी)

شَہْد کی مَکھّی (canonical)
śahd kī makhhī (romanization)
शहद की मक्खी (Hindi)


ensamne

desctree

Spanish: enjambre
→ Northern Puebla Nahuatl: jambre

A cabo de dias tornos por prẽder la ⁊ aplego por ueer o ẏazia el leõ muerto. efallo enel cuerpo del leõ .j. enſãne dabejas e mẏel : crebãtolo cõ ſus manos ⁊ comẏo

c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 82r:

After some days he returned to take her, and he approached to see where the dead lion lay. And he found in the lion’s carcass a swarm of bees and honey. So he broke it with his hands and ate.


monolectic

en-adj

monolectic (comparative more monolectic, superlative most monolectic)

more monolectic (comparative)
most monolectic (superlative)

A polylectic term is a multi-word term, as opposed to a monolectic term which is a one-word term.

(grammar) Of or relating to a term consisting of one word; one-worded, singleworded.


丸花蜂

ja-noun

丸(まる)花(はな)蜂(ばち) or 丸花蜂(マルハナバチ) • (maruhanabachi)

丸花蜂 (canonical)
丸花蜂 (canonical)
maruhanabachi (romanization)


formicide

en-noun

formicide (countable and uncountable, plural formicides)

/ˈfɔːmɪsʌɪd/

Combining form of Latin formīca (“ant”) + -cide.


formigueiro

pt-adj

formigueiro (feminine formigueira, masculine plural formigueiros, feminine plural formigueiras, not comparable)

formigueira (feminine)
formigueiros (masculine plural)
formigueiras (feminine plural)

From formiga (“ant”) + -eiro; possibly corresponding to a Vulgar Latin *formīcārium, from Latin formīca. Compare Spanish hormiguero, Catalan formiguer, Italian formicaio, Romanian furnicar.

urso-formigueiro
aardwolf
(literally, “anteating bear”)

porco-formigueiro
aardvark
(literally, “anteating pig”)


garynja

head

garynja (definite accusative garynjany, plural garynjalar)

garynjany (accusative definite)
garynjalar (plural)
garynja (nominative singular)
garynjalar (nominative plural)
garynjany (accusative singular)
garynjalary (accusative plural)
garynjanyň (genitive singular)
garynjalaryň (genitive plural)
garynjā (dative singular)
garynjalara (dative plural)
garynjada (locative singular)
garynjalarda (locative plural)
garynjadan (ablative singular)
garynjalardan (ablative plural)

/ɡɑɾɯnˈd͡ʒɑ/

/ɡɑɾɯnˈd͡ʒɑː/

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *karïnčga. Cognate with Turkish karınca.


ҡырмыҫҡа

ҡырмыҫҡа • (qırmıśqa)

ba-noun

ҡырмыҫҡа • (qırmıśqa)

qırmıśqa (romanization)
ҡырмыҫҡа (absolute singular)
ҡырмыҫҡалар (absolute plural)
ҡырмыҫҡаның (definite genitive singular)
ҡырмыҫҡаларҙың (definite genitive plural)
ҡырмыҫҡаға (dative singular)
ҡырмыҫҡаларға (dative plural)
ҡырмыҫҡаны (accusative definite singular)
ҡырмыҫҡаларҙы (accusative definite plural)
ҡырмыҫҡала (locative singular)
ҡырмыҫҡаларҙа (locative plural)
ҡырмыҫҡанан (ablative singular)
ҡырмыҫҡаларҙан (ablative plural)

ba-decl-noun

ҡырмыҫҡаларҙың

ҡырмыҫҡаларға

ҡырмыҫҡаларҙы

ҡырмыҫҡаларҙа

ҡырмыҫҡаларҙан

From Proto-Turkic *kumursga (“ant”).
The hyperthetis in Bashkir (qumursqa -> qïrmïθqa) dilutes the cluster of three consonants - this innovation it is shared by Tatar кырмыска (qırmıska) and Crimean Tatar qırmısqa.

Мәҙәк итеп ҡарап торҙом кескәй генә ҡырмыҫҡаға: йөк кутәреп сығып бара Азиянан Европаға. (Mustai Karim)

With amusement I watched a small ant: lifting a load, it's crossing from Asia to Europe.

Məźək itep qarap torźom keskəy genə qırmıśqağa: yök kutərep sığıp bara Aziyanan Yevropağa.


muryan

From Cornish moryon. Cognate with Breton merien and Welsh myrion.


хъумпӏэцӏэдж

head

хъумпӏэцӏэдж • (ꭓʷumpʼɛcʼɛdž)

kbd-noun

хъумпӏэцӏэдж • (ꭓʷumpʼɛcʼɛdž)

ꭓʷumpʼɛcʼɛdž (romanization)
хъумпӏэцӏэдж (indefinite singular)
хъумпӏэцӏэджхэ (indefinite plural)
хъумпӏэцӏэджр (nominative singular)
хъумпӏэцӏэджхэр (nominative plural)
хъумпӏэцӏэджм (ergative singular)
хъумпӏэцӏэджхэмэ (ergative plural)
хъумпӏэцӏэджкӏэ (instrumental singular)
хъумпӏэцӏэджкӏэ (instrumental singular)
хъумпӏэцӏэджмžkʼɛ) (instrumental singular)
хъумпӏэцӏэджмžmkʼɛ) (instrumental singular)
хъумпӏэцӏэджхэкӏэ (instrumental plural)
хъумпӏэцӏэджхэкӏэ (instrumental plural)
хъумпӏэцӏэджхэмɛkʼɛ) (instrumental plural)
хъумпӏэцӏэджхэмɛmkʼɛ) (instrumental plural)
хъумпӏэцӏэджу (invertive singular)
хъумпӏэцӏэджхыу (invertive plural)

ady-decl-noun-table

хъумпӏэцӏэдж (ꭓʷumpʼɛcʼɛdž)

хъумпӏэцӏэджхэ (ꭓʷumpʼɛcʼɛdžxɛ)

хъумпӏэцӏэджр (ꭓʷumpʼɛcʼɛdžr)

хъумпӏэцӏэджхэр (ꭓʷumpʼɛcʼɛdžxɛr)

хъумпӏэцӏэджм (ꭓʷumpʼɛcʼɛdžm)

хъумпӏэцӏэджхэмэ (ꭓʷumpʼɛcʼɛdžxɛmɛ)

хъумпӏэцӏэдж(м)кӏэ (ꭓʷumpʼɛcʼɛdž(m)kʼɛ)

хъумпӏэцӏэджхэ(м)кӏэ (ꭓʷumpʼɛcʼɛdžxɛ(m)kʼɛ)

хъумпӏэцӏэджу (ꭓʷumpʼɛcʼɛdžu)

хъумпӏэцӏэджхыу (ꭓʷumpʼɛcʼɛdžxəwu)

[χʷmpʼat͡ʃʼad͡ʒ]


хъанзэгу

head

хъанзэгу • (ꭓanzɛgʷu)

ady-noun

хъанзэгу • (ꭓanzɛgʷu)

ꭓanzɛgʷu (romanization)
хъанзэгуэ (indefinite singular)
хъанзэгуэхэ (indefinite plural)
хъанзэгуэр (nominative singular)
хъанзэгуэхэр (nominative plural)
хъанзэгуэм (ergative singular)
хъанзэгуэхэмэ (ergative plural)
хъанзэгуэкӏэ (instrumental singular)
хъанзэгуэкӏэ (instrumental singular)
хъанзэгуэмɛkʼɛ) (instrumental singular)
хъанзэгуэмɛmkʼɛ) (instrumental singular)
хъанзэгуэхэкӏэ (instrumental plural)
хъанзэгуэхэкӏэ (instrumental plural)
хъанзэгуэхэмɛkʼɛ) (instrumental plural)
хъанзэгуэхэмɛmkʼɛ) (instrumental plural)
хъанзэгуыу (invertive singular)
хъанзэгухыу (invertive plural)

ady-decl-noun-table

хъанзэгуэ (ꭓanzɛgʷɛ)

хъанзэгуэхэ (ꭓanzɛgʷɛxɛ)

хъанзэгуэр (ꭓanzɛgʷɛr)

хъанзэгуэхэр (ꭓanzɛgʷɛxɛr)

хъанзэгуэм (ꭓanzɛgʷɛm)

хъанзэгуэхэмэ (ꭓanzɛgʷɛxɛmɛ)

хъанзэгуэ(м)кӏэ (ꭓanzɛgʷɛ(m)kʼɛ)

хъанзэгуэхэ(м)кӏэ (ꭓanzɛgʷɛxɛ(m)kʼɛ)

хъанзэгуыу (ꭓanzɛgʷəwu)

хъанзэгухыу (ꭓanzɛgʷuxəwu)

хъумпӏэцӏэдж

ꭓʷumpʼɛcʼɛdž


къамзэгу

head

къамзэгу • (qamzɛgʷu)

ady-noun

къамзэгу • (qamzɛgʷu)

qamzɛgʷu (romanization)
къамзэгуэ (indefinite singular)
къамзэгуэхэ (indefinite plural)
къамзэгуэр (nominative singular)
къамзэгуэхэр (nominative plural)
къамзэгуэм (ergative singular)
къамзэгуэхэмэ (ergative plural)
къамзэгуэкӏэ (instrumental singular)
къамзэгуэкӏэ (instrumental singular)
къамзэгуэмɛkʼɛ) (instrumental singular)
къамзэгуэмɛmkʼɛ) (instrumental singular)
къамзэгуэхэкӏэ (instrumental plural)
къамзэгуэхэкӏэ (instrumental plural)
къамзэгуэхэмɛkʼɛ) (instrumental plural)
къамзэгуэхэмɛmkʼɛ) (instrumental plural)
къамзэгуыу (invertive singular)
къамзэгухыу (invertive plural)

ady-decl-noun-table

къамзэгуэ (qamzɛgʷɛ)

къамзэгуэхэ (qamzɛgʷɛxɛ)

къамзэгуэр (qamzɛgʷɛr)

къамзэгуэхэр (qamzɛgʷɛxɛr)

къамзэгуэм (qamzɛgʷɛm)

къамзэгуэхэмэ (qamzɛgʷɛxɛmɛ)

къамзэгуэ(м)кӏэ (qamzɛgʷɛ(m)kʼɛ)

къамзэгуэхэ(м)кӏэ (qamzɛgʷɛxɛ(m)kʼɛ)

къамзэгуыу (qamzɛgʷəwu)

къамзэгухыу (qamzɛgʷuxəwu)

хъумпӏэцӏэдж

ꭓʷumpʼɛcʼɛdž


Ammophila

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἄμμος (ámmos, “sand”) + φίλος (phílos, “friendly”)

native to coasts of Europe and northwest Africa

between Ammophila arenaria and Calamagrostis epigeios. The hybrid occurs in parts of northern Europe

mainly from the Baltic Sea west to eastern England

native to coasts of eastern North America

native to shores of Lake Ontario and Lake Champlain

A taxonomic genus within the family Sphecidae – some sand wasps and others.


flitig som en myra

flitig (“diligent”) + som (“as”) + en (“an”) + myra (“ant”)

af

(simile) busy as a bee (very industrious)


včelí královna

včelí královna (nominative singular)
včelí královny (nominative plural)
včelí královny (genitive singular)
včelích královen (genitive plural)
včelí královně (dative singular)
včelím královnám (dative plural)
včelí královnu (accusative singular)
včelí královny (accusative plural)
včelí královno (singular vocative)
včelí královny (plural vocative)
včelí královně (locative singular)
včelích královnách (locative plural)
včelí královnou (instrumental singular)
včelími královnami (instrumental plural)


Apis

Braunsapis

Effractapis

Eremapis

Halterapis

Martinapis

Micronychapis

Mirnapis

Nasutapis

Neopasites

Nogueirapis

Peponapis

Trichocerapis

A taxonomic genus within the family Apidae – honey bees.


кымырдаҕас

head

кымырдаҕас • (kımırdağas)

sah-noun

кымырдаҕас • (kımırdağas)

From Proto-Turkic *kumursga, compare Old Turkic 𐰴𐰆𐰢𐰆𐰺𐰽𐰍𐰀 (qumursɣa), Kyrgyz кумурска (kumurska).
From a diminutive *qïmïrtqa-č, with an earlier change of s into t common in clusters, and a later epenthesis to break up a difficult cluster.


sisimizi

sw-noun

sisimizi class IX (plural sisimizi class X)

sisimizi class IX (canonical)
sisimizi class X (plural)
sisimisi (alternative)


ակնամոմ

aknamom (romanization)
ակնամոմ (nominative singular)
ակնամոմեր (nominative plural)
ակնամոմի (dative singular)
ակնամոմերի (dative plural)
ակնամոմից (ablative singular)
ակնամոմերից (ablative plural)
ակնամոմով (instrumental singular)
ակնամոմերով (instrumental plural)
ակնամոմում (locative singular)
ակնամոմերում (locative plural)
ակնամոմը (definite nominative singular)
ակնամոմն (definite nominative singular)
ակնամոմերը (definite nominative plural)
ակնամոմերն (definite nominative plural)
ակնամոմին (dative definite singular)
ակնամոմերին (dative definite plural)
ակնամոմս (first-person nominative possessive singular)
ակնամոմերս (first-person nominative plural possessive)
ակնամոմիս (dative first-person possessive singular)
ակնամոմերիս (dative first-person plural possessive)
ակնամոմիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular)
ակնամոմերիցս (ablative first-person plural possessive)
ակնամոմովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular)
ակնամոմերովս (first-person instrumental plural possessive)
ակնամոմումս (first-person locative possessive singular)
ակնամոմերումս (first-person locative plural possessive)
ակնամոմդ (nominative possessive second-person singular)
ակնամոմերդ (nominative plural possessive second-person)
ակնամոմիդ (dative possessive second-person singular)
ակնամոմերիդ (dative plural possessive second-person)
ակնամոմիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular)
ակնամոմերիցդ (ablative plural possessive second-person)
ակնամոմովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular)
ակնամոմերովդ (instrumental plural possessive second-person)
ակնամոմումդ (locative possessive second-person singular)
ակնամոմերումդ (locative plural possessive second-person)

hy-decl-noun

ակնամոմը/ակնամոմն

ակնամոմերը/ակնամոմերն

ակնամոմերում

ակնամոմերիցս

ակնամոմերովս

ակնամոմերումս

ակնամոմերիցդ

ակնամոմերովդ

ակնամոմերումդ

Hy-ակնամոմ.ogg


meyra

fo-noun

meyra f (genitive singular meyru, plural meyrur)

meyru (genitive singular)
meyrur (plural)
meyra (indefinite nominative singular)
meyran (definite nominative singular)
meyrur (indefinite nominative plural)
meyrurnar (definite nominative plural)
meyru (accusative indefinite singular)
meyruna (accusative definite singular)
meyrur (accusative indefinite plural)
meyrurnar (accusative definite plural)
meyru (dative indefinite singular)
meyruni (dative definite singular)
meyrum (dative indefinite plural)
meyrunum (dative definite plural)
meyru (genitive indefinite singular)
meyrunnar (definite genitive singular)
meyra (genitive indefinite plural)
meyranna (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse maurr, cognate with Icelandic maur; compare Swedish myra, Danish myre and Dutch mier; from Proto-Germanic *meurōn-, *meurjōn-.


jicote

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl xīcohtli (“bumblebee”).

cog

(Central America, Mexico, Louisiana, Texas) bumblebee


myrmecophilous

en-adj

myrmecophilous (comparative more myrmecophilous, superlative most myrmecophilous)

more myrmecophilous (comparative)
most myrmecophilous (superlative)

(biology) Adapted to thrive in the presence of ants.


bèspa

bèspen (plural)
bèspa (nominative singular)
bèspen (definite nominative plural)
bèspa (accusative singular)
bèspen (accusative definite plural)
bèspen (dative singular)
bèspen (dative definite plural)

From Middle High German wespe, from Old High German wefsa, wafsa, from Proto-West Germanic *wapsu (“wasp”).
Cognate with German Wespe, Dutch wesp, English wasp; also Italian vespa. See Wespe for more on the -ps- to -sp- metathesis.

De bèspa hékhet zobia an paja.


Solenopsis

From soleno- + -opsis, from Ancient Greek ὄψις (ópsis, “sight”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Formicidae – includes some of the fire ants.


meyruslag

fo-noun

meyruslag n (genitive singular meyruslags, plural meyrusløg)

meyruslags (genitive singular)
meyrusløg (plural)
meyruslag (indefinite nominative singular)
meyruslagið (definite nominative singular)
meyrusløg (indefinite nominative plural)
meyrusløgini (definite nominative plural)
meyruslag (accusative indefinite singular)
meyruslagið (accusative definite singular)
meyrusløg (accusative indefinite plural)
meyrusløgini (accusative definite plural)
meyruslag (dative indefinite singular)
meyruslagi (dative indefinite singular)
meyruslagnum (dative definite singular)
meyruslaginum (dative definite singular)
meyrusløgum (dative indefinite plural)
meyrusløgunum (dative definite plural)
meyruslags (genitive indefinite singular)
meyruslagsins (definite genitive singular)
meyruslaga (genitive indefinite plural)
meyruslaganna (definite genitive plural)


Melittidae

From Melitta + -idae, ultimately from Ancient Greek μέλιττα (mélitta, “bee”).

A taxonomic family within the order Hymenoptera – some bees endemic to Africa and the northern temperate zone.


Megachilidae

A taxonomic family within the order Hymenoptera – many, chiefly solitary, bees that carry pollen on their abdomen rather than their legs.


Ctenoplectra

From cteno- + Ancient Greek πλῆκτρον (plêktron, “spur”).

af

grc:πλῆκτρον

A taxonomic genus within the family Apidae – certain bees.


Ctenoplectrini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Apidae – certain bees of Africa, Asia and Australia.


Symphyta

From Ancient Greek σύν (sún, “together”) + φύω (phúō, “grow”).

A taxonomic suborder within the order Hymenoptera – sawflies.

†Daohugoidae

Anaxyelidae, Argidae, Blasticotomidae, Cephidae, Cimbicidae, Diprionidae, Megalodontesidae, Orussidae, Pamphiliidae, Pergidae, Siricidae, Tenthredinidae, Xiphydriidae, Xyelidae - extant families


Figitidae

A taxonomic family within the order Hymenoptera.

†Palaeocynipinae

(family): Anacharitinae, Aspicerinae, Charipinae, Emargininae, Euceroptrinae, Eucoilinae, Figitinae, Mikeiinae, Parnipinae, Plectocynipinae, Pycnostigminae, Thrasorinae - extant subfamilies


Cynipoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Hymenoptera – certain gall-forming and parasitoid wasps.


Myrmicini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Formicidae.


Paratrechina

A taxonomic genus within the family Formicidae – the longhorn crazy ant and possibly others.

Paratrechina longicornis

P. gracilescens, P. hagemanni, P. vagans


Plagiolepidini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Formicidae – some ants.


Plagiolepis

A taxonomic genus within the family Formicidae – certain ants.


Aenictinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Formicidae – the sole genus Aenictus (numerous army ants).


azcaxalli

Hormiguero. azcaxalli.tzicatepetl.azcaputzalli.

1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 142r:

An anthill. azcaxalli. tzicatepetl. azcaputzalli.

Hormiguero. azcaxalli. tzicatepetl. azcaputzalli.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 72r. col. 1:

Idem, f. 10r. col. 2.


jet ant

A blackish European ant (Formica fuliginosa), which builds its nest of a paper-like material in the trunks of trees.


tarantula killer

en-noun

tarantula killer (plural tarantula killers)

Texas brown tarantula
Texas brown tarantula

(archaic) Any species of tarantula wasp, especially (Pepsis grossa) that captures the Texas brown tarantula (Aphonopelma hentzii) and places it in its nest as food for its young, after paralyzing it by a sting.


Ancylaini

Ancyla + -ini, an irregular formation to avoid conflict with Ancylini (from Ancylus), a tribe of limpets

A taxonomic tribe within the family Apidae – certain bees.


Vespula

A taxonomic genus within the family Vespidae – some of the social wasps called yellowjackets.


Vespinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Vespidae – some eusocial wasps, including hornets and yellowjackets.

Palaeovespa

subfamily): Dolichovespula, Polybia, Provespa, Vespa, Vespula (genera


abelhão

[a.beˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɐ.bɨˈʎɐ̃w̃/

[ɐ.βɨˈʎɐ̃w̃]

bumblebee (any of the large bees in the genus Bombus)


cockroach wasp

The emerald cockroach wasp, Ampulex compressa, uses a cockroach as a host by essentially taking over its mind.

2007, Craig Childs, The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild:

Equally fascinating was a video shot by Norman Hoyle, the school's Deputy Head, which showed a cockroach having been stung by a cockroach wasp (Ampulex Compressa) - though I seem to recall that the locals had a different name for it.

2010, Lynas Murdoch, Four Years on St Helena, page 92:

Mainly found in the tropics, cockroach wasps have a metallic green body and measure up to 33 mm long.[…]When a prey is located, the female cockroach wasp stings the prey to paralyse it.

2011, Peter K. L. Ng, Richard Corlett, Hugh T. W. Tan, editors, Singapore Biodiversity, page 268:

Any wasp of the family Ampulicidae, small sphecoid wasps that prey on cockroaches to lay their eggs on them.


Ampulicidae

A taxonomic family within the order Hymenoptera – cockroach wasps — wasps that prey on cockroaches to feed their larvae.

†Apodolichurini

family): Ampulicinae, Dolichurinae (subfamilies


plerergate

From Ancient Greek πλήρης (plḗrēs, “full”) + ergate.