Obs. rare. [ad. L. formīca ant. Cf. OF. formiz, formis.] The ant.
1484. Caxton, Fables of Æsop, II. xvii. A fable Of the ante or formyce and of the flye. Ibid. (1491), Vitas Patr. (W. de W., 1405), I. xxxviii. 52 a/2. Salamon the whyche sente the slowthfull to the formices or Auntes.
