Hypertext Webster Gateway: "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["o]l.)
An ant, or emmet.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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 [syn: {ant}, {emmet}]
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