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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  
n.  Any of various large ants of the genus Camponotus that nest in and are destructive to wood.
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