ant mound

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  • Ant-hill — Ant hill, n. (Zo[ o]l.) A mound thrown up by ants or by termites in forming their nests. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • mound — [n] heap, hill anthill, bank, drift, dune, embankment, hillock, knoll, mass, molehill, mountain, pile, rise, shock, stack, tumulus; concepts 432,509 Ant. depression, ditch, valley …   New thesaurus

  • Ant mimicry — Cricket nymph, Macroxiphus sp. Ant mimicry is mimicry of ants by other organisms. Ants are abundant all over the world, and insect predators that rely on vision to identify their prey such as birds and wasps normally avoid them, either because… …   Wikipedia

  • Ant colony — A plaster cast of an ant nest. Ant hill and ant tracks, Oxley Wild Rivers National Park …   Wikipedia

  • mound — noun 1 small hill ADJECTIVE ▪ high, large ▪ The church stands on a high mound just outside the town. ▪ low, small ▪ grassy …   Collocations dictionary

  • ant bed — /ˈænt bɛd/ (say ant bed) noun 1. an extensive ants nest in the ground, sometimes forming a slight mound. 2. a termite mound. Also, antbed …  

  • ant hill — /ˈænt hɪl/ (say ant hil) noun 1. a mound of earth formed by a colony of ants in constructing their habitation. 2. a mound of earth typically one to two metres high, built up by termites in forming a nest. Also, anthill …  

  • mound ant — /ˈmaʊnd ænt/ (say mownd ant) noun → meat ant …  

  • ant — noun Ant is used before these nouns: ↑colony, ↑mound …   Collocations dictionary

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