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ant (ant)

noun

any of a widespread family (Formicidae) of black, brown, or red hymenopteran insects, generally wingless, that live in colonies with a complex division of labor by castes, including workers, males, and a queen

Etymology: ME ante, amete < OE æmet(t)e: akin to OHG âmeiza < â-, off + meizen, Goth maitan, OE *mætan, to cut; hence, lit., “the cutter off”

ant2 definition

ant

  1. antenna
  2. antonym
Ant definition

Ant

  1. Antarctica
  2. antonym

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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