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ant  (nt)

n.

Any of various social 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 Slang

A state of restless impatience: "She's got ants in her pants" Bobbie Ann Mason.

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[Middle English amte, from Old English mete.]

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ant

Noun

a small often wingless insect, living in highly organized colonies [Old English ǣmette]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

ant - social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers emmet, pismire hymenopter, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopterous insect - insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing family Formicidae, Formicidae - ants Monomorium pharaonis, pharaoh ant, pharaoh's ant - small red ant of warm regions; a common household pest little black ant, Monomorium minimum - tiny glossy black ant; nests outdoors but invades houses for food army ant, driver ant, legionary ant - tropical nomadic ant that preys mainly on other insects carpenter ant - ant that nests in decaying wood in which it bores tunnels for depositing eggs fire ant - omnivorous ant of tropical and subtropical America that can inflict a painful sting Formica rufa, wood ant - reddish-brown European ant typically living in anthills in woodlands slave ant - any of various ants captured as larvae and enslaved by another species slave-maker, slave-making ant - an ant that attacks colonies of other ant species and carries off the young to be reared as slave ants bulldog ant - any of the large fierce Australian ants of the genus Myrmecia

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ant

noun >> habitation ant hill U.S., Canad.

Translations

ant [ænt] n → hormiga

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ant [ænt] n → fourmi f

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ant [ænt] n → Ameise f

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ant [ænt] n → formica