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An ant is a small insect that can be black, red, brown or yellow in color. The ant is known for working hard and being strong. (noun)

An example of an ant is the Atta laevigata which is found in South America.

See ant in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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

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See ant in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(ănt)

noun

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.

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