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ant
  1. Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females.
  2. (Internet) A Web spider.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Two or three black ants would surround an enemy ant and bite it to death.”
ante
  1. A price or cost, as in up the ante.
  2. (poker) In poker and other games, the contribution made by all players to the pot before dealing the cards.
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    1. “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
  1. 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
  1. (ornithology) The practice of some birds of rubbing live ants or occasionally other items into the feathers, possibly as a means of controlling parasites.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Woodcreepers sunbathe and have been seen anting, a behavior that is thought to help prevent or remove ectoparasites.”
      “Kingfishers generally preen frequently, and anting has been observed in at least one species of kookaburra.”
      “Pipits of the genus Anthus will apply ants to their plumage for cleaning, a behavior called anting.”
antlet
  1. A small immature ant; an antling.
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antling
  1. A small, immature, or miniature ant.
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    1. “This antling was, as indeed all the larvae and cocoons appeared to be, of the dwarf caste.”
antses
  1. (nonstandard) (humorous) plural of ant
antlings
  1. plural of antling
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antlions
  1. plural of antlion
antlets
  1. plural of antlet
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ants
  1. plural of ant
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Outside were long lines of ants and other small insects hanging around and seemingly without very much to do.”
      “At this point the leading ants panic and backtrack to the safety of the swarm.”
      “He has red hair, shouts incessantly and moves as though a colony of ants has invaded his tracksuit trousers.”
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