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emmet
em·met E0113500 (ĕm′ĭt)n. Archaic An ant.
[Middle English emete, from Old English ǣmete.]emmet (ˈɛmɪt) n1. (Animals) Brit an archaic or dialect word for ant2. dialect Cornish a tourist or holiday-maker[Old English ǣmette ant; related to Old Norse meita, Old High German āmeiza, Gothic maitan]
Emmet (ˈɛmɪt) n (Biography) Robert. 1778–1803, Irish nationalist, executed for leading an uprising for Irish independenceem•met (ˈɛm ɪt)
n. Dial. an ant. [before 900; Old English ǣmette ant] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  emmet - social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workersant, pismirehymenopter, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopterous insect - insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercingfamily Formicidae, Formicidae - antsMonomorium pharaonis, pharaoh ant, pharaoh's ant - small red ant of warm regions; a common household pestlittle black ant, Monomorium minimum - tiny glossy black ant; nests outdoors but invades houses for foodarmy ant, driver ant, legionary ant - tropical nomadic ant that preys mainly on other insectscarpenter ant - ant that nests in decaying wood in which it bores tunnels for depositing eggsfire ant - omnivorous ant of tropical and subtropical America that can inflict a painful stingFormica rufa, wood ant - reddish-brown European ant typically living in anthills in woodlandsslave ant - any of various ants captured as larvae and enslaved by another speciesslave-maker, slave-making ant - an ant that attacks colonies of other ant species and carries off the young to be reared as slave antsbulldog ant - any of the large fierce Australian ants of the genus Myrmecia |
TranslationsEmmet
Emmet Robert. 1778--1803, Irish nationalist, executed for leading an uprising for Irish independence Emmet
Em·met (em'ĕt), Thomas A., U.S. gynecologist, 1828-1919. See: Emmet needle, Emmet operation. EMMET
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emmet
Synonyms for emmetnoun social insect living in organized coloniesSynonymsRelated Words- hymenopter
- hymenopteran
- hymenopteron
- hymenopterous insect
- family Formicidae
- Formicidae
- Monomorium pharaonis
- pharaoh ant
- pharaoh's ant
- little black ant
- Monomorium minimum
- army ant
- driver ant
- legionary ant
- carpenter ant
- fire ant
- Formica rufa
- wood ant
- slave ant
- slave-maker
- slave-making ant
- bulldog ant
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