ant Alternative forms
* ante, ampte
Noun
( en noun)
Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author= Nick Miroff
, volume=189, issue=7, page=32, magazine=( The Guardian Weekly)
, title= Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […]
, passage=The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters […]. But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. That would be the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo.}}
(label) A Web spider.
Synonyms
* (insect) emmet (archaic), pismire (archaic)
Hyponyms
* (insect in Formicidae) army ant, black garden ant, bull ant, carpenter ant, fire ant, garden ant, honey-pot ant, leafcutter ant, pharaoh ant, piss ant, red ant, sauba ant, thief ant, wood ant
Derived terms
* antbear
* ant beetle
* antbird
* ant cap
* anteater
* anthill
* anting
* antlike
* antlion
* antly
* the ant's pants
* ants in one's pants
* antshrike
* velvet ant
* white ant
See also
* ant- (prefix )
* -ant (suffix )
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* army
* bike
* colony
* nest
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Verb
( en verb)
(ornithology) To rub insects, especially , on one's body, perhaps to control parasites or clean feathers.
* {{quote-journal, date = 1974
, coauthors = Potter, Eloise and Hauser, Doris
, title = Relationship of anting and sunbathing to molting in wild birds
, journal = The Auk
, volume = 91
, url = http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Auk/v091n03/p0537-p0563.pdf
, page = 538
, passage = Wild birds tend to ant and sunbathe most frequently during periods of high humidity, particularly right after heavy or prolonged rainfall in summer.
}}
Anagrams
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Conjunction
( English Conjunctions)
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