: any of a family (Formicidae) of colonial hymenopterous insects with a complex social organization and various castes performing special duties
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antenna
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antonym
Antarctica
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a
: one that performs (a specified action) : personal or impersonal agent
claimant
coolant
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: thing that promotes (a specified action or process)
expectorant
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: one connected with
annuitant
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: thing acted upon (in a specified manner)
inhalant
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: performing (a specified action) or being (in a specified condition)
somnambulant
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: promoting (a specified action or process)
expectorant
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Salama Udaipurwala, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
Insects such as ants, bees, and beetles create burrows, just as arachnids like spiders and scorpions do.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
Mint Mint can deter ants, aphids, flea beetles, and white cabbage moths.
—Lauren David, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Sep. 2024
Other creatures that may be displaced by floods include ants, rodents, spiders, reptiles, alligators and even household pets.
—Jen Christensen, CNN, 27 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Giant ants featured in the early stories of H. G. Wells and André Laurie, long before the onset of Cold War anxieties.
—Salama Udaipurwala, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
Insects such as ants, bees, and beetles create burrows, just as arachnids like spiders and scorpions do.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
Mint Mint can deter ants, aphids, flea beetles, and white cabbage moths.
—Lauren David, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Sep. 2024
Other creatures that may be displaced by floods include ants, rodents, spiders, reptiles, alligators and even household pets.
—Jen Christensen, CNN, 27 Sep. 2024
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“Ant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ant. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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