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  1. A small insect, often with a sting, that usually lives in a complex social colony with one or more breeding queens. It is wingless except for fertile adults, which often form large mating swarms, and is proverbial for industriousness

  1. social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
  2. ANT+ (sometimes ANT + or ANT Plus) is an open interoperability function, that works on top of the ANT (a proprietary wireless sensor network technology) system. It is targeted at manufactures of "bike computers diagnostics, power meters, heart rate monitors etc." and promoted by the ANT+ Alliance .
  3. Ants are social insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from wasp-like ancestors in the mid-Cretaceous period between 110 and 130 million years ago and diversified after the rise of flowering plants. ...
  4. The Ant chair is a classic of modern chair design. It was designed in 1952 by Arne Jacobsen for use in the canteen of the Danish pharmaceutical firm Novo Nordisk. The Ant ("Myren" in Danish) was named for its approximate similarity to the outline of an ant with its head raised.
  5. ANT (born Anthony Steven Kalloniatis; August 23, 1967) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. ANT prefers his name spelled in all capital letters.
  6. Ant (Hannah Washington) is a comic book superhero. She first appeared in Ant volume 1 #1 (March 2004), published by Arcana Studios. Ant was created by Mario Gully and is currently published by Big City Comics.
  7. The Ant is a fictional superhero published by DC Comics. He started out as an opponent of the Teen Titans but ended up as their ally. The Ant first appeared in Teen Titans (vol. 1) #5 (September 1966), and was created by Bob Haney and Nick Cardy.
  8. Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females
  9. (ANTING) Some birds will pick up ants and place them in their feathers, while others will simply squat down in an active anthill. Why? The formic acid that the ants produce may be a sort of "dry cleaning" that keeps ectoparasites from "colonizing" on their bodies. ...
  10. (Anting) An example of care behavior. From A New Dictionary of Birds: "This consists of special movements, apparently confined to passerines, whereby the defence and other body fluids of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) are applied to the bird's feathers. ...
  11. (ANTS) (Formicidae) Social insects that often are attracted in such large numbers to hummingbird feeders that the birds stay away.
  12. (ANTS) An acronym to describe the package of legislation which includes the goods and services tax legislation. For example, two pieces of ANTS legislation are A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 and A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax) Act 1999.
  13. (ANTS) active node transport system
  14. (Ants) Expect good business activity. Feelings of general satisfaction in all things. You must cooperate to achieve your desires.
  15. (Ants) If you enter a house, means that there is a detestation of someone who lives there. It may be by a neighbor or an adversary.
  16. (Ants) People who marry uncles.
  17. (Ants) The dreamer of ants should expect many petty annoyances during the day chasing little worries, and finding general dissatisfaction in all things.
  18. (Ants) Your boss will introduce even more paperwork aimed at standardizing lessons
  19. (The Ants) by Bert Holldobler and Edward O. Wilson; The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press; Cambridge, Massachusetts; 1990.
  20. (ants) (in  Edward O. Wilson (American biologist))
  21. Because ants are annoying pesky creatures they indicate annoying things in our dreams.  When you dream about
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  23. (Proverbs 6:6; 30:25). — Over twelve species of ants exist in Palestine; among them the ants of the genus Atta are particularly common, especially the atta barbara, of dark colour, and the atta structor, a brown species. ...
  24. hormiga formiga (Cat.); black ant : hormiga negra ; ant nest : hormiguero See ants in Spain
  25. (Heb. nemalah from a word meaning to creep, cut off, destroy), referred to in Pro 6:6; Pro 30:25, as distinguished for its prudent habits. Many ants in Palestine feed on animal substances, but others draw their nourishment partly or exclusively from vegetables. ...