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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
ant
 
PRONUNCIATION:  nt
NOUN: Any of various social insects of the family Formicidae, characteristically having wings only in the males and fertile females and living in colonies that have a complex social organization.
IDIOM:ants in (one's) pants Slang A state of restless impatience: “She's got ants in her pants” (Bobbie Ann Mason).
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English amte, from Old English mete.
 
 
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