social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
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ant::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | emmet, pismire |
| Type of | hymenopterous insect, hymenopteron, hymenopter, hymenopteran |
| Has types | fire ant, formica rufa, wood ant, bulldog ant, carpenter ant, driver ant, slave ant, army ant, legionary ant, little black ant, monomorium minimum, monomorium pharaonis, pharaoh's ant, pharaoh ant, slave-maker, slave-making ant |
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They couldn't stop an ant on crutches, much less the banks and vested interests.
From the guardian.co.uk
He's eaten caterpillars, ant eggs, roasted grasshoppers and fermented agave sap.
From the usatoday.com
If anything affects the ant population, it could be devastating for these birds.
From the sciencedaily.com
It is designed to keep the ant colony warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
From the thenewstribune.com
An example of that is the current wave of ant-bullying laws sweeping the nation.
From the economist.com
Villagers in Chad already dig up ant hills to gather grain the ants have stored.
From the economist.com
These were little ant trades compared with what our mortgage traders were doing.
From the bloomberg.com
What a compassionate and far-seeing firm, who wouldn't ant to work for them, eh?
From the guardian.co.uk
The ant can travel in any of the four cardinal directions at each step it takes.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
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- Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females
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