ant


Definition: Meaning of, ant in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ant /

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ant ants
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  1. a small insect that lives in large groups
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  2. have ants in your pants spoken to be so excited or full of energy that you are unable to sit or stand still - used humorously
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ant used in phrases

  • Amazon ant (noun)
    1. small reddish slave-making ant species
  • ant bear (noun)
    1. large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America
    2. nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
  • ant cow (noun)
    1. excretes a honeylike substance eaten by ants
  • ant shrike (noun)
    1. antbirds superficially resembling shrikes
  • ant thrush (noun)
    1. a kind of antbird
  • army ant (noun)
    1. tropical nomadic ant that preys mainly on other insects
  • bulldog ant (noun)
    1. any of the large fierce Australian ants of the genus Myrmecia
  • carpenter ant (noun)
    1. ant that nests in decaying wood in which it bores tunnels for depositing eggs
  • driver ant (noun)
    1. tropical nomadic ant that preys mainly on other insects
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-ant


Definition: Meaning of, -ant in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / (ə)nt /

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, -ent [in nouns and adjectives]
  1. someone or something that does something
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