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Meanings of ants in English

SYSTEMATIC INTERNALISER.

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Government organization in Charleville-Mézières, France.

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Usage of ants in English
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It was altruistic ants that posed a particular problem for Charles Darwin.
BBC
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Before the father could produce an answer the ants were in view.
Martian V.F.W.
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This global invasion was made possible partly by the ants' unusual camaraderie.
BBC
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And now in the clearer light grey ants aligned with the red.
For Fortune and Glory: A Story of the Soudan War
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They probably have ants in the salad and spiders in their coffee.
The Trumpeter Swan
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Animals such as ants, snails and beetles are known to farm fungus.
Wired
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The actions of these ants looked like simple indulgence in idle amusement.
The Naturalist on the River Amazons
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The ants and bees are notoriously expert in the matter of instinct.
The Story of the Mind
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The ants also use fire for land clearance, and as a weapon.
Children of Time
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Several species of ant-thrushes always accompany the army ants in the forest.
The Naturalist in Nicaragua
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Suddenly, however, the bonanza was discovered by a squad of fire ants.
Anthill: a novel
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The ants, a feeble people, which provide themselves food in the harvest:
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 2
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The ants are eating all the others down by the melon bed.
The Jungle Book
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But in many cases the community does not consist of ants only.
The Junior Classics, Volume 8: Animal and Nature Stories
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Monitoring the ants' nests could be key to helping L. balearicus survive.
BBC
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By destroying the lice, you remove all the attraction of the ants.
Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained
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