bīng​yǐ

soldier ant

  • created sense approved 兵蚁/兵蟻 · bīng​yǐ · soldier ant — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    兵蚁 / 兵蟻

    bīng​yǐ

    soldier ant

    a sterile caste of certain social insects, especially ants or termites, characterized by a large head and strong jaws, responsible for colony defense and combat

    兵 (literal) → 兵 · bīng · soldier 蚁 (literal) → 蚁/蟻 · yǐ · ant

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense