"fire ant" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fire ants [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fire ant (plural fire ants)
  1. Any of several red or yellow ants that can inflict a harsh sting.
    Solenopsis spp. (tropical fire ants)
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  2. Any of several red or yellow ants that can inflict a harsh sting.
    Oecophylla spp. (weaver ants), of Southeast Asia
    Categories (lifeform): Ants, Myrmicine ants Translations (Oecophylla spp.): suomumuurahainen (Finnish)
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  3. Any of several red or yellow ants that can inflict a harsh sting.
    Solenopsis invicta (red imported fire ant)
    Translations (Solenopsis invicta): punatulimuurahainen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-fire_ant-en-noun-kGz5CNU~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 36 15 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 39 17 11 Disambiguation of 'Solenopsis invicta': 29 0 71 0
  4. Any of several red or yellow ants that can inflict a harsh sting.
    Wasmannia auropunctata (electric ant, little fire ant).
    Derived forms: European fire ant (taxonomic: Myrmica rubra) Translations (Wasmannia auropunctata): pieni tulimuurahainen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-fire_ant-en-noun-wUWJjzJ~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 36 15 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 39 17 11 Disambiguation of 'Wasmannia auropunctata': 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (ant of Solenopsis): نَمْل نَارِيّ (naml nāriyy) [collective, masculine] (Arabic), 火蟻 /火蚁 (huǒyǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), tulimuurahainen (Finnish), Feuerameise [feminine] (German), נמלי אש (nemali ash) [feminine] (Hebrew), ヒアリ (hiari) (Japanese), arig (Kaingang), 불개미 (bulgaemi) (Korean), lava-pés [feminine] (Portuguese), formiga-lava-pés [feminine] (Portuguese), lava-pé [feminine] (Portuguese), formiga-lava-pé [feminine] (Portuguese) Translations (any of several red or yellow ants that can inflict a harsh sting): vuurmier [feminine] (Dutch), arig (Kaingang), formiga-de-fogo [feminine] (Portuguese), formiga-lava-pés [feminine] (Portuguese), огненный муравей (ognennyj muravej) [masculine] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'ant of Solenopsis': 46 2 48 4 Disambiguation of 'any of several red or yellow ants that can inflict a harsh sting': 25 25 25 25

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