pismire n 1: social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers [syn: {ant}, {emmet}, {pismire}]
Pismire \Pis"mire\, n. [Piss + mire; so called because it discharges a moisture vulgarly considered urine. See {Mire} an ant.] (Zool.) An ant, or emmet. [1913 Webster]