ant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ănt
ipa: /ænt/
ipa: [ɛənt]
ipa: [eənt]
ipa: [ɛːnt]
ipa: /ɛnt/
rhymes: -ænt
homophone: aunt stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
enpr: änt
ipa: /ɑːnt/
Forms: form: ants
form: ante
form: ampte
Etymology: From Middle English ampte, amte, emete, amete, from Old English ǣmete (“ant”), from Proto-West Germanic *āmaitijā (literally “biting-thing, cutter”), from Proto-Germanic *ē- (“off, away”) + *maitaną (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂y- (“to cut”). Cognate with Scots emmot (“ant”), dialectal Dutch emt, empt (“ant”), German Ameise and Emse (“ant”). See also emmet.
Senses: examples: text: The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters […]. But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. That would be the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo.
ref: 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […] ”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:
glosses: Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females.
glosses: A Web spider.
Synonyms: sense: insect
word: emmet
sense: insect
word: pismire
sense: insect
word: antmire
sense: insect
word: anty-mire
Hyponyms: sense: insect in Formicidae
word: army ant
sense: insect in Formicidae
word: black garden ant
sense: insect in Formicidae
word: bull ant
sense: insect in Formicidae
word: carpenter ant
sense: insect in Formicidae
word: fire ant
sense: insect in Formicidae
word: garden ant
sense: insect in Formicidae
word: honey-pot ant
sense: insect in Formicidae
word: leafcutter ant
sense: insect in Formicidae
word: pharaoh ant
sense: insect in Formicidae
word: piss ant
sense: insect in Formicidae
word: red ant
sense: insect in Formicidae
word: sauba ant
sense: insect in Formicidae
word: thief ant
sense: insect in Formicidae
word: wood ant
Derived terms: word: acrobat ant
word: agricultural ant
word: Allegheny mound ant
word: Amazon ant
word: ant bear
word: ant-bear
word: antbear
word: ant-bed
word: antbed parrot
word: antbed parrot moth
taxonomic: Thanasimus formicarius
word: ant beetle
taxonomic: Thamnophilidae spp.
word: antbird
taxonomic: Acrodipsas spp.
word: ant-blue
word: ant cap
word: ant cattle
word: ant cow
english: Myrmecophilidae
translation: Myrmecophilidae
word: ant cricket
word: antdom
word: anteater
word: ant-eater
word: anteating
word: ant egg
word: anternet
word: ant farm
word: antheap
word: ant-heap
word: anthill
word: ant-hill
word: ant hill
word: anthole
word: anthood
word: anticide
word: anting
word: antish
word: antkind
word: antless
word: antlet
word: antlike
word: antling
taxonomic: Myrmeleontidae spp.
word: antlion
taxonomic: Myrmeleontidae spp.
word: ant lion
word: antly
word: ant mill
word: ant mimicry
word: ant mound
word: ant nest beetle
taxonomic: Chiloglottis formicifera
word: ant orchid
word: antpecker
word: Antperson
word: antpipit
taxonomic: Grallariidae spp.
word: antpitta
word: ant-plant
word: antproof
alt: esp. Korthalsia rostrata
word: ant rattan
taxonomic: Aristida oligantha
word: ant rice
word: ant sand
taxonomic: Thamnophilidae spp.
word: antshrike
word: ants in one's pants
word: ant's pants
word: ant spider
word: antsy
word: ant tanager
word: ant-tanager
word: ant thrush
taxonomic: Chamaeza spp.
word: antthrush
word: ant tree
taxonomic: Dysithamnus spp.
word: antvireo
taxonomic: Myrmotherula spp.
word: antwren
word: anty
taxonomic: Linepithema humilis
word: Argentine ant
word: armadillo ant
taxonomic: Camponotus consobrinus
word: banded sugar ant
taxonomic: Pheidole megacephala
word: bigheaded ant
word: black ant
word: black imported fire ant
word: blood-red ant
alt: Diamma bicolor
word: blue ant
taxonomic: Paraponera clavata
word: bullet ant
word: cocktail ant
word: coconut ant
taxonomic: Paratrechina spp. etc.
word: crazy ant
taxonomic: Dorylus spp.
word: driver ant
alt: Nasutitermes nigriceps
word: duck ant
word: Florida carpenter ant
word: fungus-growing ant
word: ghost ant
word: gliding ant
word: green ant
word: green tree ant
word: green-tree ant
word: harvester ant
word: Hercules ant
word: honey ant
word: honey pot ant
word: honeypot ant
word: horse ant
word: jet ant
word: Langton's ant
word: leaf-cutter ant
word: leaf-cutting ant
word: legionary ant
word: lemon ant
word: lion ant
word: little black ant
taxonomic: Iridomyrmex purpureus
word: meat ant
word: mound ant
word: negro ant
word: odorous house ant
word: panda ant
word: parasol ant
word: pavement ant
word: piss-ant
word: pissant
word: rainbow ant
word: red imported fire ant
word: safari ant
word: sanguinary ant
word: skull-collecting ant
word: slave ant
word: slave-making ant
word: stink ant
taxonomic: Camponotus spp.
word: sugar ant
word: throw an ant into a sty
word: tramp ant
word: trap jaw ant
word: trap-jaw ant
word: trapjaw ant
word: turf ant
word: turtle ant
word: umbrella ant
word: Valentine ant
alt: Mutillidae spp.
word: velvet ant
word: visiting ant
word: warrior ant
word: weaver ant
taxonomic: Isoptera spp.
word: white ant
taxonomic: Isoptera spp.
word: white-ant
taxonomic: Anoplolepis gracilipes
word: yellow crazy ant
word: yellow hill ant
word: yellow meadow ant
Related terms: word: ant-
word: -ant
word: army
word: colony
word: nest