: 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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IEEE Spectrum, 23 Oct. 2024
Still buckled into her seat after the fuselage exploded around her, Rebecca would have been eaten alive by the ants if not for the tribesman who rescued her from the rubble and carried the girl back to Christian civilization.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2024
However, this isn’t a specific species but rather a common name or catchall term people use when describing tiny ants such as the odorous house ant or little black ant, says Benson.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2024
Then The Yellow Crazy Ants Crashed The Party Yellow crazy ants were accidentally introduced to the island between 1915 and 1934, much like the Argentine ants which were shipped unknowingly to the United States from Argentina.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Noun
During this era, mathematical equations sporadically swarmed into the feature well like ants at a picnic.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Oct. 2024
Still buckled into her seat after the fuselage exploded around her, Rebecca would have been eaten alive by the ants if not for the tribesman who rescued her from the rubble and carried the girl back to Christian civilization.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2024
However, this isn’t a specific species but rather a common name or catchall term people use when describing tiny ants such as the odorous house ant or little black ant, says Benson.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2024
Then The Yellow Crazy Ants Crashed The Party Yellow crazy ants were accidentally introduced to the island between 1915 and 1934, much like the Argentine ants which were shipped unknowingly to the United States from Argentina.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Ant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ant. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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