Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Emmet"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Emmet \Em"met\, n. [OE. emete, amete, AS. [ae]mete. See {Ant}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
An ant.
{Emmet hunter} (Zo["o]l.), the wryneck.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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 [syn: {ant}, {pismire}]
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