pismire(n = noun.animal) ant, emmet - social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers;
is a kind of hymenopter, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopterous insect
is a member of family formicidae, formicidae
has particulars: monomorium pharaonis, pharaoh's ant, pharaoh ant, little black ant, monomorium minimum, army ant, driver ant, legionary ant, carpenter ant, fire ant, formica rufa, wood ant, slave ant, slave-maker, slave-making ant, bulldog ant

   An ant, or emmet. [1913 Webster]

pismire, n. dial. an ant.

Etymology:
ME f. PISS (from smell of anthill) + obs. mire ant