Pismire (Noun)
Meaning
Social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The ants, commonly known as pismires, were efficiently working together in their underground colony to gather food for the winter.
- In the warm summer months the pismire queen was busy laying eggs and the male pismires would soon have their wings to begin the mating process.
- As the pismires were building their anthill, thousands of workers were involved, with each one having their specific role.
- As it turned out, the little pismires had been carrying on the gardening for weeks, helping with weeding and other yard work by removing seeds.
- The pismire colony seemed to work in unison as the workers marched in line, carrying bits of food back to their underground home.