pismire : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pismire	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for pismire
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pismire n social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers Synonym(s): ant, emmet, pismire
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pismire \Pis"mire\, n. [Piss + mire; so called because it discharges a moisture vulgarly considered urine. See {Mire} an ant.] (Zo[94]l.) An ant, or emmet.