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Emmet

Emmet Meaning & Definition
Emmet Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Emmet?

[n] social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers

Synonyms | Synonyms for Emmet: ant | pismire

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See Also | army ant | bulldog ant | carpenter ant | driver ant | family Formicidae | fire ant | Formica rufa | Formicidae | hymenopter | hymenopteran | hymenopteron | hymenopterous insect | legionary ant | little black ant | Monomorium minimum | Monomorium pharaonis | pharaoh ant | pharaoh's ant | slave ant | slave-maker | slave-making ant | wood ant

Emmet In Webster's Dictionary

\Em"met\, n. [OE. emete, amete, AS. [ae]mete. See {Ant}.] (Zo["o]l.) An ant. {Emmet hunter} (Zo["o]l.), the wryneck.

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