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Ant
proper noun 
  1. (given name, male); diminutive of Anthony
     

ant
noun 
  1. Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colony, colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: mier
  • French: fourmi
  • German: Ameise
  • Italian: formica
  • Spanish: hormiga
Etymology: ímette, mette, from (Ger.)
  • amaitjo, "biting-thing". Cognate with German Ameise. The Middle English form was amte; a parallel development, emete, is represented by archaic modern English emmet.


     
 
  

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