pismire Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
    ant; emmet.

WordNet

Pis"mire noun
Etymology
Piss + mire; so called because it discharges a moisture vulgarly considered urine. See Mire an ant.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) An ant, or emmet.

Webster 1913