formiguer

From formiga +‎ -er, possibly corresponding to a Vulgar Latin *formīcārium, from Latin formīca. Compare Portuguese formigueiro, Spanish hormiguero, Italian formicaio, Romanian furnicar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [fur.miˈɣe]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [for.miˈɣe]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [foɾ.miˈɣeɾ]

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formiguer (feminine formiguera, masculine plural formiguers, feminine plural formigueres)

1. (relational) ant

• os formiguer
• porc formiguer

formiguer m (plural formiguers)

1. anthill (only for ants, not for termites)
2. the ants comunity of an anthill
3. (figuratively) place with lots of moving people
4. (figuratively) lots of moving people
5. anteater

   Synonym: os formiguer

6. wryneck

   Synonym: colltort

7. a name given to various species in the family Thamnophilidae, the antshrikes

• formiguer barbanegre
• formigueret

• formiga

• “formiguer”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007