Ant vs Ait - What's the difference?
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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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(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.
}}
An island in a river, especially the River Thames in England.
* R. Hodges (1649)
* 1833 , , Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life trans. John Oxenford, book 9,
* 1853 , , Bleak House , ch. 1,
(Scotland) An oat.
As a verb ant
is .As a noun ait is
place, area.ant
English
(wikipedia ant)Alternative forms
* ante, ampteNoun
(en noun)Nick Miroff
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.}}
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 antDerived 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 antSee also
* ant- (prefix ) * -ant (suffix ) * * army * bike * colony * nest *Verb
(en verb)Anagrams
* ----ait
English
Noun
(wikipedia ait) (en noun)- The ait where the osiers grew.
- Striking richness of vegetation which follows in the windings of the Rhine, marks its banks, islands, and aits .
- Fog everywhere. Fog up the river, where it flows among green aits and meadows.
- (Burns)