red ant

noun

1. any of various reddish ants, especially the Pharaoh ant.

Word History and Origins

Origin of red ant¹

First recorded in 1660–70

Example Sentences

This takes place, with the red ant, at all events, with great regularity every April and October.

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The greater number of species live apart, and not in a community with an elaborately constructed house like the red ant.

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And a red ant came up, and very politely asked if she might not pick up the crumbs which the old rabbit dropped.

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He walked on and on, and once he saw a little red ant, trying to drag a piece of cake home for dinner.

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The other is a little red ant, which stings like a nettle, and generally has its nest under the leaf of a shrub.

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