pharaoh ant
(亦作 pharaoh's ant)
noun
1- a small yellowish African ant that has established itself worldwide, living as a pest in heated buildings法老蚁, 厨蚁, 小黄家蚁。
1.1
- Monomorium pharaonis, family Formicidae.拉丁名Monomorium pharaonis, 蚁科。
词源
so named because such ants were believed (erroneously) to be one of the plagues of ancient Egypt.