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little black ant

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noun

  1. a widely distributed ant, Monomorium minimum, sometimes a household pest.


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Pretty soon Mary found a swift little black ant.

From Insect Stories by Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman) Kellogg

He jumped over two stones, three sticks, a little black ant and also a big one, a hump of dirt, two flies and a grain of sand.

From Bully and Bawly No-Tail by Louis Wisa

The little black ant is the commonest in this country, and the busiest and most active.

From The Animal Story Book by Various

At this most critical of all crises in the destiny of the little black ant, the fickle Fortune of the Wild was seized with another whim.

From The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts

The little black ant is especially bold and warlike.

From Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War by George Washington Cable

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