red ant
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of red ant
First recorded in 1660–70
Example Sentences
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The smell of everything made me nauseous, and inside my legs and arms, it felt like a red ant dance party.
From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2023
It leads a very unusual life, spending most of the year as a caterpillar inside red ant nests where it feeds on grubs.
From BBC • Aug. 25, 2022
During the appetizer course--escamoles de Mezquital, or red ant eggs--my feet started throbbing.
From Forbes • Feb. 2, 2011
The larvae of the Large Blue, whose life-cycle and rescue from extinction makes for the most extraordinary story in the book, can only exist in intimate partnership with one particular species of red ant.
From The Guardian • Oct. 15, 2010
Some of the most fascinating control work in European forests employs the forest red ant as an aggressive insect predator — a species which, unfortunately, does not occur in North America.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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