Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun carpenter_ant

1 sense of carpenter ant

Sense 1
carpenter ant -- (ant that nests in decaying wood in which it bores tunnels for depositing eggs)
       => ant, emmet, pismire -- (social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers)