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ant
Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females.
“In exchange for first option on film rights, publishing rights, and album rights, they agreed to put up an ante of $650,000 with a 20 percent overcall.”
“A player begins each hand by placing an ante on the table that consists of three identical bets.”
antlion
Any of various nocturnal insects from the family Myrmeleontidae whose adults resemble damselflies and whose larvae bury themselves under a cone-shaped pit in sand to trap insects such as ants.
anting
(ornithology) The practice of some birds of rubbing live ants or occasionally other items into the feathers, possibly as a means of controlling parasites.