pavement ant

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Noun

pavement ant (plural pavement ants)

  1. An ant of a species that often nests under pavement or rocks:
    1. Any ant of genus Tetramorium, principally of the Old World.
      1. especially, a red pavement ant (Tetramorium caespitum), of western Eurasia.
    2. A yellow meadow ant (Lasius flavus), of western Eurasia.

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