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Formica   /fɔrmˈaɪkə/  /fərmˈaɪkə/   Listen
Formica

noun
1.
Any of various plastic laminates containing melamine.
2.
Type genus of the Formicidae.  Synonym: genus Formica.



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Formica fusca
Formica rufa
Formica sanguinea


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"Formica" Quotes from Famous Books



... Cataracts, and which is employed to stop bleeding. This substance, which might less improperly be called ants' nests, is in much request in a region whose inhabitants are of so turbulent a character. A new species of ant, of a fine emerald-green (Formica spinicollis), collects for its habitation a cotton-down, of a yellowish-brown colour, and very soft to the touch, from the leaves of a melastomacea. I have no doubt that the yesca or touchwood of ants of ...
— Equinoctial Regions of America V2 • Alexander von Humboldt


Words linked to "Formica" :   plastic laminate, sanguinary ant, Formica fusca, arthropod genus, Formicidae, wood ant, family Formicidae, trademark


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