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Carpenter Ant

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Noun

1. carpenter ant

ant that nests in decaying wood in which it bores tunnels for depositing eggs

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Carpenter Ant

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any of a genus (Camponotus) of large ants that build nests in wooden buildings, tree trunks, etc. by gnawing out a complicated series of chambers

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Carpenter Ant

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

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