A pissant, also seen as piss ant or piss-ant, refers to a specific type of ant. The word is also used as a pejorative noun or adjective, indicating insignificance.[1]
The original pissant is any of a certain group of large ant species, commonly called wood ants, that make mounded nests in forests throughout most of Europe.[2] The name pissant arises from the urine-like odour produced by their nesting material—needles and straw from pine trees—and the formic acid that constitutes their venom.[3]Formica rufa is one such ant, but there are others with similar characteristics. Forelius and Iridomyrmex are two genera of piss ants.[4] In the United States, the word pissant may refer to any small ant that infests a home.[5]
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^Kris M. Havstad, Structure and Function of a Chihuahuan Desert Ecosystem Archived 2016-03-02 at the Wayback Machine, Oxford University Press US, 2006, p. 256.
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