ant egg

noun

1. the white pupa or larva of an ant, sold dried as food for pet fish, birds, turtles, etc.

Example Sentences

They skipped a $31 ant egg dish only because it was “very expensive,” said Perezcano.

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An ant egg can develop into a queen or a worker, depending on cues such as nutrition.

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In her exploration of cures for deafness, Virdi discusses her own experiences with home remedies and delves into the history of an ant egg recipe from Scotland, the use of wintergreen on the ear drums by the Blackfoot tribe and various other concoctions people have tried as treatments for low hearing.

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We met up at his family farm in Hidalgo, and they took us on a trek to find ant egg nests and agave plants that had worms in.

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