pismire

• Sustantivo obsoleto o dialectal que designa a un insecto social que vive en colonias organizadas, donde los machos y la reina fértil tienen alas en la época de reproducción, y las hembras estériles sin alas son las obreras.

An archaic or dialectal noun referring to a social insect that lives in organized colonies, where the males and fertile queen have wings during the breeding season and the wingless sterile females are the workers.

1. AntC2formalbritish

   A small social insect that lives in organized colonies, typically with a queen, males, and wingless sterile female workers.

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   • The gardener noticed a trail of pismires marching across the path.
   • In old English literature, a pismire was often used as a symbol of industry.
   • He carefully observed the pismire colony under the magnifying glass.

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