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acidopore

noun

Etymology

From acid + -o- + pore.

  1. derived from πόρος — “passage”
  2. derived from porus
  3. derived from pore
  4. inherited from pore
  5. formed as acidopore — “acid + -o- + pore”

Definitions

  1. A conical structure with a small terminal opening, at the posterior end of an ant’s…

    A conical structure with a small terminal opening, at the posterior end of an ant’s gaster through which it sprays formic acid and associated hydrocarbons, collectively comprising the venom. This structure is unique to, but characteristic of all members of the ant subfamily Formicinae.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for acidopore. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA