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formicary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
formi-cary
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ant colony, a pile of earth built by ants in which they nest.

Etymology

From Latin formica (“ant”) + -ary.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

formicaries (plural)

Synonyms

anthill

Questions

What does formicary mean?
An ant colony, a pile of earth built by ants in which they nest.
Where does formicary come from?
From Latin formica (“ant”) + -ary.

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