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phenoxy- (iou) and Fire ants (medicine)


phenoxy- (iou)



phenoxy- combining form. Before a vowel also phenox-. Also as attrib. adjective phenoxy.
[from PHEN- + OXY-.]
Chemistry. Designating or containing the group OC6H5.
(Only as adjective.) Designating thermoplastics characterized by a linear molecule containing recurring phenoxy groups.
phenoxazine noun a violet-red heterocyclic compound, C12H9NO, used in making oxazine dyes; any compound whose molecule contains the same skeleton as this compound: L19.
phenoxya'cetic adjective:
phenoxyacetic acid, the crystalline acid C6H5OCH2COOH; any of the chlorinated Derivatives of this, widely used as weedkillers: L19.
phenoxymethylpeni'cillin noun a semisynthetic penicillin, C16H18N2O5S M20.

Fire ants (medicine)


fire ants


Originally from S. America. Among the worst insect pests ever to invade the U.S. Red or yellowish ants of small-to-medium size with a severe sting that burns like fire. They normally feed on small insects but, with denser populations, they eat seeds and seedling plants, damage grain and vegetable crops, invade kitchens, attack newly hatched poultry and the young of ground-nesting wild b irds. Fire ants can kill newborn domestic and wild animals. Each colony is composed of a queen, winged males and females and 3 kinds of workers. A nest averages about 25,000 workers, but far larger populations are common. Semipermanent nests are large mounds of excavated soil with openings for ventilation. Since nests may number 50-100 (or more) in a heavily infested field, cultivating becomes difficult (or impossible). Fire ants belong to the genus Solenopsis.