Phrase guide

red imported fire ant

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Solenopsis invicta, a red ant native to South America that has become a pest in numerous other regions.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 入侵紅火蟻 /入侵红火蚁 (rùqīn hónghuǒyǐ) — Solenopsis invicta
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紅火蟻 /红火蚁 (hónghuǒyǐ) — Solenopsis invicta
  • Finnish: punatulimuurahainen — Solenopsis invicta
  • German: Rote Feuerameise — Solenopsis invicta
  • Russian: кра́сный о́гненный мураве́й (krásnyj ógnennyj muravéj) — Solenopsis invicta
  • Russian: мураве́й о́гненный и́мпортный кра́сный (muravéj ógnennyj ímportnyj krásnyj) — Solenopsis invicta