Definition of emmet Emmet
/ɛˈmɪt/ - [emit] - Em•met
We found 4 definitions of emmet from 4 different sources.
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What does emmet mean?
WordNet
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| emmet - social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers | ||
| ant, pismire | ||
| hymenopter, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopterous insect insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing | ||
| family formicidae, formicidae ants | ||
| monomorium pharaonis, pharaoh's ant, pharaoh ant small red ant of warm regions; a common household pest | ||
| little black ant, monomorium minimum tiny glossy black ant; nests outdoors but invades houses for food | ||
| army ant, driver ant, legionary ant tropical nomadic ant that preys mainly on other insects | ||
| carpenter ant ant that nests in decaying wood in which it bores tunnels for depositing eggs | ||
| fire ant omnivorous ant of tropical and subtropical America that can inflict a painful sting | ||
| formica rufa, wood ant reddish-brown European ant typically living in anthills in woodlands | ||
| slave ant any of various ants captured as larvae and enslaved by another species | ||
| slave-maker, slave-making ant an ant that attacks colonies of other ant species and carries off the young to be reared as slave ants | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- emmet (n.)
An ant.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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emmet
em′et, n. (prov.) the ant. [A.S. ǽmete.]
Part of speech
🔤- emmet, noun, singular of emmets.
