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• An't

  ·- A contraction for are and am not; also used for is not; — now usually written ain't. ...

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• Ant

  ·noun A hymenopterous insect of the Linnaean genus Formica, which is now made a family of several ge...

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• Ant-

  ·- ·see Anti-, ·pref. ...

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• Ant

  (Heb. nemalah, from a word meaning to creep, cut off, destroy), referred to in Prov. 6:6; 30:25, as ...

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• an't

  A common abbreviation in colloquial language for am not and are not. It is often improperly used for...

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• Ant

  (Heb. nemalah). This insect is mentioned twice in the Old Testament: in (Proverbs 6:6; 30:25) In th...

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• Ant bird

  ·- ·see Ant bird, under Ant, ·noun. ...

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• Ant cow

  ·add. ·- Any aphid from which ants obtain honeydew. ...

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• Ant egg

  ·- One of the small white egg-shaped pupae or cocoons of the ant, often seen in or about ant-hills, ...

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• Ant thrush

  ·- ·see Ant bird, under <<Ant>>. II. Ant thrush ·- One of several species of tropical birds, of the...

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• Ant-bear

  ·noun An edentate animal of tropical America (the Tamanoir), living on ants. It belongs to the genus...

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• Ant-cattle

  ·noun Various kinds of plant lice or aphids tended by ants for the sake of the honeydew which they s...

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• Ant-eater

  ·noun One of several species of edentates and monotremes that feed upon ants. ·see Ant-bear, <<Pango...

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• Ant-hill

  ·noun A mound thrown up by ants or by termites in forming their nests. ...

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• Ant-lion

  ·noun A neuropterous insect, the larva of which makes in the sand a pitfall to capture ants, ·etc. T...

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• Sauba ant

  ·- A South American ant (Oecodoma cephalotes) remarkable for having two large kinds of workers besid...

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• ant-eater

  n. 1) i.q. Ant-eating-Porcupine. See echidna. 2) The Banded Ant-eater (q.v.). ...

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• ant-orchis

  n. an Australian and Tasmanianorchid, Chiloglottis gunnii, Lind. ...

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• bull-ant

  n. contracted and common form of the words bull-dog ant (q.v.). ...

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• honey-ant

  n. name given to various species of Ants,in which the body of certain individuals becomes enormousl...

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• sugar-ant

  n. a small ant, known in many partsof Australia by this name because of its fondness for sweetthing...

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• ant islands

  Generally found on Spanish charts as Hormigas. ...

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• ant-eater, banded

  See banded ant-eater. ...

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• banded ant-eater

  n. name given to a smallterrestrial and ant-eating marsupial, Myrmecobiusfasciatus, Waterh, found i...

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• bull-dog ant

  n. (frequently shortened to Bull-dog or Bull-ant) an ant of large size witha fierce bite. The name...

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• green-tree ant

  n. common Queensland Ant. 1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 294: «It was at the lowe...

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• porcupine, ant-eating

  i.q. echidna (q.v.). ...

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• porcupine-grass ant

  n. popular name given to Hypoclinea flavipes, Kirby, an ant making its nest roundthe root of the Po...

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