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ant hill

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noun

  1. a mound of soil, leaves, etc, near the entrance of an ants' nest, carried and deposited there by the ants while constructing the nest

  2. a mound of earth, usually about 2 metres high, built up by termites in forming a nest

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Ant hill showing activity and stages of development; a, egg; b, young grub; c, pupa; d, worker; e, queen with wings; f, worker carrying young grub; all enlarged.

From An Elementary Study of Insects by Haseman, Leonard

Give them often Ants and their Eggs, laying near them the inward mould of an Ant hill, taken up with the Ants in it.

From The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened by MacDonell, Anne

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