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Definition: Carpenter Ant |
Carpenter AntNoun1. Ant that nests in decaying wood in which it bores tunnels for depositing eggs. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
carpenter ant | 2,550 |
carpenter ant control | 71 |
carpenter ant picture | 68 |
carpenter ant bait | 30 |
termite and carpenter ant | 18 |
advance carpenter ant bait | 17 |
carpenter ant extermination | 7 |
carpenter ant controlling | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "carpenter ant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | herkulesmyre (black carpenter ant, great black ant). (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | reuzenmier (black carpenter ant, great black ant). (various references) | ||||||||||
Finnish | punahevosmuurahainen. (various references) | ||||||||||
French | fourmi charpentière. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Rossameise. (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | μυρμήγκι του ξύλου. (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | camponoto perdilegno, formica perdilegno. (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | '蟻 (black ant). (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | くろあり (black ant). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | arpentercay antay hormiga carpintera. (various references) | ||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Camponotus herculeanus ligniperdus, Camponotus ligniperda. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-n-n-p-r-r-t-t" | |
-3 letters: carpenter, penetrant, reentrant, repattern, repentant. | |
-4 letters: anteater, catenate, catnaper, entrance, pancetta, parcener, patterer, preenact, pretreat, rattener, reactant, recanter, recarpet, recreant. | |
-5 letters: acerate, acetate, canteen, cantrap, caperer, catenae, cateran, caterer, centare, centner, crenate, entrant, entreat, narrate, partner, pattern, pearter, pectate, penance, pennate, pentane, percent, prancer, precent, prerace, ratteen, rattrap, recrate, reenact, reptant, retrace, retract. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 72 70 65 6E 74 65 72 41 6E 74 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01110010 01110000 01100101 01101110 01110100 01100101 01110010 00100000 01000001 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a r p e n t e r   A n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0072 0070 0065 006E 0074 0065 0072 0041 006E 0074 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3767848271808671842358086 |
| 1. Definition 2. Images: Slideshow 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Translations: Ancient 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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