ant
IPA: ˈænt
noun
- 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.
- A diminutive of the male given name Anthony, from Latin.
- A river in Norfolk, England, tributary to the Bure.
- The 27th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
- Initialism of Afghanistan National Television.
- (US) Initialism of Aids to Navigation Team, as used in the United States Coast Guard.
- (anthropology, semiotics) Initialism of actor–network theory.
verb
- (ornithology) To rub insects, especially ants, on one's body, perhaps to control parasites or clean feathers.
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Examples of "ant" in Sentences
- Ant is a hard working insect.
- The people dissected the ants.
- The picture of the ants is great.
- The boy saw the ants and laughed.
- An ant colony was the paradigmatic example.
- The larval stages of the insects mimic ants.
- Cheetu is the fastest of all the chimera ants.
- The larval stages of the insects mimics an ant.
- By the way, beware of the ant liberation front.
- The ants act as gardeners and in reward the tree supply the ants with food.
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