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ANT
ant, emmet, pismire
(noun) social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Shortening.
Proper noun
Ant
A diminutive of the male given name Anthony from Latin.
The 27th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
Anagrams
• NAT, NTA, Nat, Nat., TAN, TNA, Tan, nat, tan
Etymology
Noun
ant (plural ants)
Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females.
(Internet) 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
Verb
ant (third-person singular simple present ants, present participle anting, simple past and past participle anted)
(ornithology) To rub insects, especially ants, on one's body, perhaps to control parasites or clean feathers.
Anagrams
• NAT, NTA, Nat, Nat., TAN, TNA, Tan, nat, tan
Proper noun
ANT
Initialism of Afghanistan National Television.
Initialism of Aids to Navigation Team, as used in the United States Coast Guard.
Anagrams
• NAT, NTA, Nat, Nat., TAN, TNA, Tan, nat, tan
Source: Wiktionary
Ant-.
Definition: See Anti-, prefix.
-ant. Etym: [F. -ant, fr. L. -antem or -entem, the pr. p. ending; also sometimes directly from L. -antem.]
Definition: A suffix sometimes marking the agent for action; as, merchant, covenant, servant, pleasant, etc. Cf. -ent.
Ant, n. Etym: [OE. ante, amete, emete, AS. æmete akin to G. ameise. Cf. Emmet.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A hymenopterous insect of the Linnæan genus Formica, which is now made a family of several genera; an emmet; a pismire.
Note: Among ants, as among bees, there are neuter or working ants, besides the males and females; the former are without wings. Ants live together in swarms, usually raising hillocks of earth, variously chambered within, where they maintain a perfect system of order, store their provisions, and nurture their young. There are many species, with diverse habits, as agricultural ants, carpenter ants, honey ants, foraging ants, amazon ants, etc. The white ants or Termites belong to the Neuroptera. Ant bird (Zoöl.), one of a very extensive group of South American birds (Formicariidæ), which live on ants. The family includes many species, some of which are called ant shrikes, ant thrushes, and ant wrens.
– Ant rice (Bot.), a species of grass (Aristida oligantha) cultivated by the agricultural ants of Texas for the sake of its seed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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