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• The ants did not leave so much as a crumb of bread.From the entry leave
• Our shed has several insect infestations, including ants, yellowjackets, and wasps.From the entry insect
• Together, the ant colony was greater than the sum of its parts.From the entry sum of its parts
• The aardvark or "ant bear" is actually mainly termitophagous rather than ant-eating.From the entry termitophagy
• Our house is being attacked by an army of ants.From the entry army
• Remembering her insectophobia I did not point out the amazing line of ants ferrying leaves up the wall.From the entry insectophobia
• The man-sized ants made quick work of the Earthan army.From the entry man-sized
• We studied sociogenesis in certain species of ants.From the entry sociogenesis
• I have a fear of ants.From the entry fear
• The picnic was invaded by ants.From the entry invade
• When you're packing for our camping trip, don't forget the essentials. You know, deodorant, ant killer, condoms, baby wipes and the whole caboodle.From the entry the whole caboodle
• Eciton army ants have a bi-phasic lifestyle alternating between a nomadic phase and a statary phase. In the statary phase they remain in the same location every night.From the entry statary
• Trophallaxis is at its most highly developed in social insects such as ants, wasps, bees and termites, but is also used by some birds, and by wolves and vampire bats.From the entry trophallaxis
• A visitor feels like an ant gazing at stacks of toilet rolls.2023 February 23, “A guide in Africa”, in The Economist, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Jul…. From the entry visitor
• We call them the 'marching ants' as the cars go around the track.2023 June 19, Alanis King, quoting Jordan Taylor, “A Look Inside Garage 56, NASCAR's Le Mans Revolution”, in Road & Track, archived from…. From the entry marching ants
• Ants are integral components of terrestrial ecosystems, owing to their manifold interactions with other organisms.2022 September 19, Schultheiss et al., “The abundance, biomass, and distribution of ants on Earth”, in Proceedings of the National Academy…. From the entry myrmecophile
• He used ants, grasshoppers and flies in his paintings based on his personal experiences.2022 August 27, John G. Stoffolano, Jr., “Synanthropic Flies—A Review Including How They Obtain Nutrients, along with Pathogens, Store…. From the entry entomophobe
• In most ants, their jaws are thin sticks with which insects pick up food.2022 July 23, “VIDEO. Supersonic toothed ant jaw – Sciences et Avenir”, in GeekyNews, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2022. From the entry odontomach
• I'd watch as cars marched by like a line of ants.2021, Carol Park, Memoir of a Cashier: Korean Americans, Racism, and Riots. From the entry tint
• Ants are everywhere, in such abundance that we tune them out like we tune out traffic noise.2016, Nathanael Johnson, Unseen City, →ISBN, page 123. From the entry tune out
• Biting works well against other attacking ants but not against befeathered birds.2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 116. From the entry befeathered
• The crab spider of South America feeds mostly on turtle ants.2016, Mark E. Lasbury, The Realization of Star Trek Technologies, Springer, page 38. From the entry turtle ant
• Janzen concluded that the ants and acacias are obligate symbionts, depending entirely upon each other.2015, John Kricher, A Neotropical Companion, page 132. From the entry antless
• Or substitute dried cranberries to make fire ants on a log, just for fun!2014, Mom Knows Best Cookbook, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 45. From the entry ants on a log
• I will use it against the ants, while they swarm over everything.2013, D.H. Lawrence, Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated). From the entry antish
• But if you were an ant, you might not care about these fine distinctions.2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 599. From the entry formicide
• Ensure no queen ants enter your 'scope's mounting alive by introducing an arachnid defense force.2010, Steve Ringwood, Astronomers Anonymous. From the entry antish
• The species he concentrated on was Cephalotes atratus, a slate-black “turtle ant” with a flattened body.2010, Mark W. Moffett, Adventures among Ants: A Global Safari with a Cast of Trillions, University of California Press, page 137. From the entry turtle ant
• In ant societies, the nonreproductives do particular tasks that benefit “the queens,” who reproduce.2009 June 16, Claudia Dreifus, “Insects Succeeding Through Cooperation”, in New York Times. From the entry nonreproductive
• As a result, the numbers of ant species and butterfly species are not directly comparable.2007 March 14, Emma Marris, “The Species and the Specious”, in Nature, number 446. From the entry separate
• Archivists and librarians are the unsung worker ants whose scurryings make books such as this one possible.2007, Charlotte Sleigh, Six Legs Better: A Cultural History of Myrmecology. From the entry scurrying
• Possibly it was fear of ants, which by the way, is myrmecophobia.2007, Claire Cook, Life's a Beach, Hyperion, →ISBN, page 134. From the entry myrmecophobia
• The other dominant ant subfamilies were also present but with lesser importance (fig. 1.4).2007, Victor Rico-Gray, Paulo S. Oliveira, The Ecology and Evolution of Ant-Plant Interactions, page 12. From the entry myrmicine
• You must accept a proffered Pique Ant ambassador, as you are pique ants too.2007, Piers Anthony, Stork Naked. From the entry antly
• Haven't tried them yet, but I do hear that ants have a soury taste.2007 June 29, Warren Ransom, “White Tuna”, in alt.food.sushi (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 Jul 2026. From the entry soury
• Grylloidea contains the familiar crickets (Gryllidae) as well as the mole crickets (Gryllotalpidae) and ant crickets (Myrmecophilidae).2005, David Grimaldi, Evolution of the Insects, page 209. From the entry ant cricket
• Scarcity of sites suitable for nesting promotes plesiobiosis in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).2004, Entomologica Fennica, page 211. From the entry plesiobiosis
• A jack-jumper ant crawled over his age – he was 63 – and disappeared into the nettles.2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 261. From the entry jack jumper

Meaning of ant

1. noun Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females.
2. noun A Web spider.
3. verb To rub insects, especially ants, on one's body, perhaps to control parasites or clean feathers.

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How do you use ant in a sentence?

Ant is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The ants did not leave so much as a crumb of bread.”

What is a short sentence with ant?

“I have a fear of ants.”

What does ant mean?

Ant means any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females.