OW 1885 OW pteropine bat 1844 O zebrine zebra OW Insects account for six more such terms: acarine mite 1828 OW formicine ant 1885 anopheline mosquito OW. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IV No 1] Reference
formicine males often bear a certain resemblance to workers - the antennae, for example, are geniculate - while Dolichoderine males are typically pleisiomorphic, looking much more poneromorph than formicine. From Wordnik.com. [WordPress.com News] Reference
A moment before, hundreds of ants were trudging around a tiny pool, the water lined with ant handrails, and in shallow places, veritable formicine pontoons, -- large ants which stood up to their bodies in water, with the booty-laden host passing over them. From Wordnik.com. [Edge of the Jungle] Reference
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