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antlet

antlet noun: a small immature ant; an antling.

Noun

antlet (plural antlets)

  1. A small immature ant; an antling.
    • […] if any one of the antlets wanted to come out of his silken covering he could be helped to cut his way through […]1903, Agnes Warner McClelland Daulton, Wings and Stings, page 107
    • I wondered whether ants found it necessary to hold classes of instruction for all upcoming antlets in order to maintain their organized and busy mound-building society.1997, Larry Dean Olsen, Outdoor Survival Skills, page 3

Forms of antlet

pluralantlets

Origin of antlet

From ant + -let.

Questions about antlet

What does antlet mean?
Antlet means a small immature ant; an antling.
What part of speech is antlet?
Antlet is a noun.
What is the plural of antlet?
The plural of antlet is antlets.

Words near antlet in the dictionary

  1. antlerogenesis
  2. antlerogenic
  3. antlers
  4. Antles
  5. antless
  6. antlet
  7. antlets
  8. Antley
  9. Antley-Bixler syndrome
  10. Antleys
  11. antlia

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