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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pismire \Pis"mire\, noun [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) 2.0 [wn]:
pismire
noun: 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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