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Carpenter ant

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several large ants, of the genus Camponotus, found in North America and northern China, that build nests in dead wood.
  2. 2
    ant that nests in decaying wood in which it bores tunnels for depositing eggs wordnet

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From carpenter + ant.

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