ant

noun
ănt

Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females.

Kinds of ant

driver ant
carpenter ant
fire ant
wood ant

Example sentences

“Sawflies are related to ants, bees, and wasps.”
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Word history

From Old English "ǣmete".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “ant” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.