ant
- noun
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A very small insect with six legs and bent feelers on its head, which lives in large groups underground or in wood.
A long line of ants was crossing the path to the shed.
Ants had found the open packet of sugar in the cupboard.
Some ants can carry many times their own body weight.
Thousands of ants can live together in a single nest.
Common collocations: a line of ants · an ants' nest · worker ant · ants crawling · swarm with ants
Part of: Animals
Forms
- plural
- ants