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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 Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman)

On a leaf of a huckleberry bush, overhanging the pitcher-plant, a little black ant was running about with the nimble curiosity of her kind.

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

The little black ant is especially bold and warlike.

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

Among these latter was that which contained the little black ant.

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

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

From The Animal Story Book by Various

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