单词 | ant-hillock |
释义 | > as lemmasant-hillock ant-hillock n. now rare = anthill n. 1a, 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant > that form ant-hills > ant-hill anthilleOE ant bedeOE pismire hill1440 maur-hill?c1475 maur house?c1475 ant heap1591 molehill1610 ant-hillock1656 bank1667 sprout hill1766 formicary1816 ant mound1830 formicarium1834 1656 R. Baxter Three Treat. 48 You that are now so idlely busie in gathering together the Treasurie of an Ant-hillock, and building Childrens tottering piles. 1713 J. Addison Guardian No. 156 Those who have seen Ant-hillocks, have..perceived those small Heaps of corn about their Nests. 1836 R. King Narr. Journey Shores Arctic Ocean II. xvii. 200 This woodpecker leaves the depths of the forests to seek the open downs, where it employs itself in turning over the ant-hillocks. 2000 E. J. T. Collins Agrarian Hist. Eng. & Wales VII. i. ii. 103 Large spongy pasture-fields, so encumbered with vast ant-hillocks that nothing but an accomplished hunter could gallop among them with safety. < as lemmas |
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