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n.- An artificial ant nest arranged for observation or study of the activities of the insects.

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Usage examples (7)
  • Mr. Levine made no claims to have invented the formicarium, as homes for ants are formally called.
  • But Mr. Levine, who knew a lot about ants despite lacking formal training, insisted the formicarium was older still.
  • After travelling for some hundreds of yards, often for more than half a mile, the formicarium is reached.
  • I do not doubt that some of the leading minds in this formicarium recollected the nest of the year before, and directed the migration to it.
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