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ants

  • plural
    of ant.
    ant
    noun
    any of numerous black, red, brown, or yellow social insects of the family Formicidae, of worldwide distribution especially in warm climates, having a large head with inner jaws for chewing and outer jaws for carrying and digging, and living in highly organized colonies containing wingless female workers, a winged queen, and, during breeding seasons, winged males, some species being noted for engaging in warfare, slavemaking, or the cultivation of food sources.

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The owner was said to have been unaware that providing ants in food was prohibited in South Korea, as they are used as food elsewhere.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

All ants are eusocial, along with honey bees and some wasps.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026

"All the birds have gone to bed," he said, adding that a flock of seagulls and choughs had been feeding on flying ants shortly before they returned to the cliffs.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

“We’re ants, we’re nothing,” I remember him saying, sizing up the state of the American left.

From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026

A peal of thunder seemed to answer him and that night he dreamed that he saw the ants being transformed into human shape.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton