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ant — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. emmet, pismire, insect. Types of ants include: worker, neuter, replete, queen, male. Antlike insects include: termite, white ant, army ant, legionary ant, fire ant, Texas red ant, black ant, visiting ant, agricultural ant,… … English dictionary for students
velvet ant — ☆ velvet ant n. any of a family (Mutillidae) of antlike wasps, often with brightly colored hairs: the females are wingless … English World dictionary
Ant — For other uses, see Ant (disambiguation). Ants Temporal range: 130–0 Ma … Wikipedia
velvet ant — any of several fuzzy, often brightly colored wasps of the family Mutillidae, the wingless, antlike female of which inflicts a severe sting. [1740 50, Amer.] * * * ▪ insect any of a group of wasps (order Hymenoptera) that are named for the… … Universalium
Velvet ant sting — Common in most parts of the world including the Southern and Southwestern United States, velvet ants are not true ants but rather parasitic wasps. Their sting—like that of other wasps, fire ants, bees, yellow jackets, and hornets can trigger … Medical dictionary
ant — One of the most numerous insects (order Hymenoptera), characterized by an extraordinary development of colonial dwelling and caste specialization. black imported fire a. SYN: Solenopsis richteri. fire a. any of several species in the genus… … Medical dictionary
velvet ant — vel′vet ant n. ent any of several fuzzy, often brightly colored wasps of the family Mutillidae, the wingless, antlike female of which inflicts a severe sting • Etymology: 1740–50, amer … From formal English to slang
velvet ant — noun Date: 1748 any of various solitary usually brightly colored and hairy fossorial wasps (family Mutillidae) with the female wingless … New Collegiate Dictionary
velvet ant — noun A wasp of the family Mutillidae with dense hair and whose wingless females resemble ants … Wiktionary
velvet ant — noun a velvety bodied hymenopterous insect whose larvae parasitize bees and wasps. [Family Mutillidae: numerous species.] … English new terms dictionary
