: 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
b
: 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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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 29 June 2025
The pictures show a sink covered in ants; rat droppings in the kitchen and on some of the produce; tomatoes and avocados that had been partially eaten by vermin; and a gas line with its protective sheathing dangerously frayed.
—John McDermott, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2025
Beyond the moth Biologist Pauline Fleischmann at the University of Oldenburg studies navigation in desert ants in Greece and says she's fascinated by the study.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 18 June 2025
That concentration changing causes other ants to respond.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 12 June 2025
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Noun
For example, pyramid ants (Dorymyrmex spp) also build mounds.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 29 June 2025
The pictures show a sink covered in ants; rat droppings in the kitchen and on some of the produce; tomatoes and avocados that had been partially eaten by vermin; and a gas line with its protective sheathing dangerously frayed.
—John McDermott, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2025
Beyond the moth Biologist Pauline Fleischmann at the University of Oldenburg studies navigation in desert ants in Greece and says she's fascinated by the study.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 18 June 2025
That concentration changing causes other ants to respond.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 12 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for ant
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“Ant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ant. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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