myrmicine

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myrmicine

/ˈmɜː(ɹ)mɪsaɪn/
/ˈmɚmɪsin/ US

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Borrowed from translingual Myrmicinae.

adjective more myrmicine · most myrmicine

Of or pertaining to the ant subfamily Myrmicinae. These data have been accumulated from the study of the specialized Myrmicine and Formicine ants of Europe and North America [...]
Of or pertaining to the ant genus Myrmica.

noun myrmicines

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

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日本語	蓋節蟻 futafushiari
中文	家蟻 /家蚁 jiāyǐ
Deutsch	Knotenameise
Русский	мирмици́на mirmicína

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"myrmicine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/myrmicine. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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myrmicine. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/myrmicine

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"myrmicine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/myrmicine.

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@misc{myrmicine_2026,
  title = {myrmicine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/myrmicine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}