HONEY ANT

Meaning of HONEY ANT in English

■ noun an ant that stores honeydew and nectar in its elastic abdomen, regurgitating it to feed nest mates. [ Myrmecocystus and other genera.]

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HONEY ANT — noun : any of various ants some of whose workers serve as receptacles for the storage of honey which they …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HONEY ANT — any of several ants, esp. of the genus Myrmecocystus, that feed on honeydew or nectar and store the excess juices …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HONEY ANT — any member of several different species of ant (family Formicidae; order Hymenoptera) that have developed a unique way of storing …
Britannica English vocabulary
HONEY ANT — муравей-медосборщик, американский медовый муравей (Myrmecocystus)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
HONEY ANT — муравей-медосборщик, американский медовый муравей ( Myrmecocystus )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
ANT — Airport Name : St. Anton Airport Airport Location : St. Anton, Austria IATA Code : ANT ICAO Code : n.a.
Airport Code English Dictionary
HONEY — Sweet, viscous liquid food, golden in colour, produced in the honey sacs of various bees from the nectar of flowers. …
Английский словарь Британика
ANT — Any member of approximately 8,000 species of the social insect family Formicidae. Ants are found worldwide but are especially common …
Английский словарь Британика
HONEY — I. ˈhənē, -ni noun ( plural hon·eys or hon·ies -nēz, -niz) Etymology: Middle English hony, from Old English hunig; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ANT — I. ˈant, ˈaa-, ˈai- rarely ˈȧ- noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English ante, amete, emete, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-ANT — I. ənt, ə nt noun suffix ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from -ant, present participle suffix, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HONEY — — honeyful , adj. — honeyless , adj. — honeylike , adj. /hun"ee/ , n. , pl. honeys , adj., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
-ANT — a suffix forming adjectives and nouns from verbs, occurring originally in French and Latin loanwords ( pleasant; constant; servant ) …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ANT — — antlike , adj. /ant/ , n. 1. any of numerous black, red, brown, or yellow social insects of the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HONEY — adj. of honey, resembling honey; sweet; containing honey
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HONEY — I. ˈhə-nē noun ( plural honeys ) Etymology: Middle English hony, from Old English hunig; akin to Old High German …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ANT — I. ˈant noun Etymology: Middle English ante, emete, from Old English æmette; akin to Old High German āmeiza ant Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
-ANT — I. noun suffix Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from -ant, present participle suffix, from Latin -ant-, -ans, present participle suffix …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HONEY — noun sweet one; a term of endearment. 2. honey ·noun that which is sweet or pleasant, like honey. 3. …
Webster English vocab
HONEY — [hon.ey] n, pl honeys [ME hony, fr. OE hunig; akin to OHG honag honey, L canicae bran] (bef. 12c) 1 …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ANT — [ant] abbreviation antenna, antonym Ant abbreviation Antarctica, Antrim
Merriam-Webster English vocab
-ANT — [-ant] n suffix [ME, fr. OF, fr. -ant, prp. suffix, fr. L -ant-, -ans, prp. suffix of first conjugation, fr. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HONEY — sweet, viscous liquid food, dark golden in colour, produced in the honey sacs of various bees from the nectar of …
Britannica English vocabulary
ANT
Britannica English vocabulary
HONEY — honey, Honey BrE AmE ˈhʌn i ▷ honey|ed d ▷ honey|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ANT — ant, Ant BrE AmE ænt ▷ ants æn t s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HONEY — / ˈhʌni; NAmE / noun 1. [ U ] a sweet sticky yellow substance made by bees that is spread …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ANT — / ænt; NAmE / noun a small insect that lives in highly organized groups. There are many types of ant …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ANT — ant /ænt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: æmette ] 1 . a small insect that …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HONEY — n. (pl. -eys) 1 a sweet sticky yellowish fluid made by bees and other insects from nectar collected from flowers. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ANT — n. any small insect of a widely distributed hymenopterous family, living in complex social colonies, wingless (except for males in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
-ANT — suffix 1 forming adjectives denoting attribution of an action (pendant; repentant) or state (arrogant; expectant). 2 forming nouns denoting an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HONEY — n. (pl. -eys) 1 a sweet sticky yellowish fluid made by bees and other insects from nectar collected from flowers. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ANT — n. any small insect of a widely distributed hymenopterous family, living in complex social colonies, wingless (except for males in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HONEY — n. (pl. -eys) 1. a sweet sticky yellowish fluid made by bees and other insects from nectar collected from flowers. …
Oxford English vocab
ANT — n. any small insect of a widely distributed hymenopterous family, living in complex social colonies, wingless (except for males in …
Oxford English vocab
HONEY — ( honeys) 1. Honey is a sweet, sticky, yellowish substance that is made by bees. N-VAR 2. You call someone …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HONEY — (~s) 1. Honey is a sweet, sticky, yellowish substance that is made by bees. N-VAR 2. You call someone ~ …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HONEY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE clear ▪ Simmer for about 5 minutes until the sugar has dissolved, then stir …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ANT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an ants' nest ▪ a red ants' nest fire ant snake/ant etc bite COLLOCATIONS FROM …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HONEY — (PERSON) [noun] [C] [esp. US] - a pleasant personShe's/He's a real honey.It's great to see you, honey/John honey/Mary honey. [as …
Cambridge English vocab
HONEY — n. Sweet, viscous liquid food, golden in colour, produced in the honey sacs of various bees from the nectar of …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ANT — n. Any member of approximately 8,000 species of the social insect family Formicidae. Ants are found worldwide but are especially …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HONEY — Synonyms and related words : Jell-O, ace, ambrosia, angel, artificial sweetener, babe, baby, baby-doll, beaut, beloved, blackstrap, blancmange, blarney, butter, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HONEY — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ clear ▪ runny ▪ wild … OF HONEY ▪ jar , pot VERB + HONEY ▪ make , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
ANT — noun Ant is used before these nouns: ↑ colony , ↑ mound
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HONEY — The Hebrew debash in the first place applied to the product of the bee, to which exclusively we give the …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
ANT — (Heb. nemalah). This insect is mentioned twice in the Old Testament: in (Proverbs 6:6; 30:25) In the former of these …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
HONEY — 1. сущ. 1) мед to gather honey ≈ собирать мед 2) перен. сладость 3) ласк. голубчик; голубушка ∙ as sweet …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ANT — сущ. муравей white ant (энтомология) муравей - * eggs муравьиные яйца (разговорное) термит (сленг) беспокойство, тревога, неудовлетворенность ant муравей; white …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ANT — ant.ogg ænt n 1. 1> энт. муравей ( Formicidae ) ant eggs - муравьиные яйца 2> разг. термит 2. pl …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ANT — ant сущ.муравей - white ant
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HONEY — 1. ʹhʌnı n 1. 1> мёд comb wild, clover honey - сотовый дикий, клеверный мёд sugared /solid, crystallized/ honey - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ANT — n 1. 1> энт. муравей ( Formicidae ) ant eggs - муравьиные яйца 2> разг. термит 2. pl сл. беспокойство, …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HONEY — 1. сущ. 1) мед to gather honey — собирать мед 2) сладость 3) ласк. голубчик; голубушка •• as sweet as …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
ANT — сущ. муравей - white ant
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HONEY — 1. сущ. 1) мед to gather honey — собирать мед 2) сладость 3) ласк. голубчик; голубушка •• as sweet as honey — слаще меда 2. прил. 1) а) медовый б) …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HONEY — 1) мёд 2) бот. донник белый (Melilotus albus) • - agaric honey - chunk honey - comb honey - wild honey
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
ANT — муравей; pl муравьи (Formicidae) - agricultural ant - Alleghany mount ant - Amazon ant - archaic ants - Argentine ant - army ants - black ant - black …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
HONEY — 1) мёд 2) бот. донник белый ( Melilotus albus ) • - agaric honey - chunk honey - comb honey …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
ANT — муравей; pl муравьи ( Formicidae ) - agricultural ant - Alleghany mount ant - Amazon ant - archaic ants - …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
HONEY — n infml 1) esp AmE That new Jag of his is a real honey! — Его новый "Ягуар" просто загляденье! His little daughter …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
HONEY — n infml 1) esp AmE That new Jag of his is a real honey! — Его новый "Ягуар" просто загляденье! …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики

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