anthill

Still later: a trash dump that rose up between the Mexican trees like a giant anthill.
My Night on the Border|Bryan Curtis|May 25, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Our own period is of no more importance in the general history of the universe than one anthill in the infinite.
Urania|Camille Flammarion
They swarm like ants in an anthill; a single chamber often contains many hundreds.
A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I (of 2)|Georges Perrot
The Ajawa headman left the path on seeing us, and stood on an anthill to obtain a complete view of our party.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries|David Livingstone

The whole slum-district turned out, dressed or half-dressed, like a fevered anthill.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 14, 1914|Various
A fork was better after all than one's fingers, and sitting on a chair in the study than on an anthill in the veld.
Through Shot and Flame|J. D. Kestell.

British Dictionary definitions for anthill

ant hill

noun

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

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

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