Ant

[Ant]

An ant is an insect that lives and works in a large colony of ants. Most ants don't have wings, and some of them have stingers.

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A hymenopterous insect of the Linn'91an genus Formica, which is now made a family of several genera; an emmet; a pismire.

Noun
social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers

n.
A hymenopterous insect of the Linnaean genus Formica, which is now made a family of several genera; an emmet; a pismire.

Ant

Ant , n. [OE. ante, amete, emete, AS. '91mete akin to G. ameise. Cf. Emmet.] (Zo'94l.) A hymenopterous insect of the Linn'91an genus Formica, which is now made a family of several genera; an emmet; a pismire. &hand; Among ants, as among bees, there are neuter or working ants, besides the males and females; the former are without wings. Ants live together in swarms, usually raising hillocks of earth, variously chambered within, where they maintain a perfect system of order, store their provisions, and nurture their young. There are many species, with diverse habits, as agricultural ants, carpenter ants, honey ants, foraging ants, amazon ants, etc. The white ants or Termites belong to the Neuroptera. Ant bird (Zo'94l.), one of a very extensive group of South American birds (Formicariid'91), which live on ants. The family includes many species, some of which are called ant shrikes, ant thrushes, and ant wrens. -- Ant rice (Bot.), a species of grass (Aristida oligantha) cultivated by the agricultural ants of Texas for the sake of its seed.

A hymenopterous insect of the Linn'91an genus Formica, which is now made a family of several genera; an emmet; a pismire.

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Usage Examples

Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God.

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Other Usage Examples

I'm an actor. And I guess I've done so many movies I've achieved some high visibility. But a star? I guess I still think of myself as kind of a worker ant.

I look at an ant and I see myself: a native South African, endowed by nature with a strength much greater than my size so I might cope with the weight of a racism that crushes my spirit.