Ant

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  • noun. Any of numerous hymenopteran insects of the family Formicidae, characteristically having wings only in the males and fertile females and living in colonies that have a complex social organization.
  • idiom. (ants in (one's) pants) A state of restless impatience.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • An old form of and.
  • noun. A former spelling of aunt.
  • noun. The form of anti- before vowels in words taken from or formed according to the Greek, as in antagonist. In words formed in English, anti- usually remains unchanged before a vowel, as in anti-episcopal, etc.
  • noun. An emmet; a hymenopterous insect of the family Formicidœ and the Linnean genus Formica, now divided into several genera.
  • noun. A suffix of adjectives, and of nouns originally adjectives, primarily (in the original Latin) a present participle suffix, cognate with the original form (AS. -ende) of English -ing, as in dominant, ruling, regnant, reigning, radiant, beaming, etc. See -ent.
  • noun. A corruption of -an, of various origin, as in pageant, peasant, pheasant, truant, tyrant. See these words.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A hymenopterous insect of the Linnæan genus Formica, which is now made a family of several genera; an emmet; a pismire.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. a species of grass (Aristida oligantha) cultivated by the agricultural ants of Texas for the sake of its seed.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females
  • noun. A Web spider
  • verb. To rub insects, especially ants, on one's body, perhaps to control parasites or clean feathers.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
  • Word Usage
    "The grasshopper seeks to understand the meaning of life, talks non-stop, and thinks the ant is missing out."
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    Brandt  Brant  Grant  Kant  Levant  
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    bat  bee  beetle  bug  butterfly  
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    emmet  pismire