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An ant.

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  1. n. An ant.
  2. n. social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
  3. An ant. Emmet hunter (Zoöl.), the wryneck.
  4. n social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers