carpenter ant

carpenter ant

 
noun
a black or brown ant of the genus Camponotus that nests in the wood of decaying or dead trees in which it bores tunnels for depositing its eggs.
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1880–85
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carpenter ant

noun
ant that nests in decaying wood in which it bores tunnels for depositing eggs 
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