VELVET ANT

Meaning of VELVET ANT in English

any of several fuzzy, often brightly colored wasps of the family Mutillidae, the wingless, antlike female of which inflicts a severe sting.

[ 1740-50, Amer. ]

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VELVET ANT — noun Date: 1748 any of various solitary usually brightly colored and hairy fossorial wasps (family Mutillidae) with the female wingless
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
VELVET ANT — noun : any of various solitary fossorial wasps that constitute the family Mutillidae, have a wingless female and a body …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VELVET ANT — Date: 1748 : any of various solitary usually brightly colored and hairy fossorial wasps (family Mutillidae) with the female wingless
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VELVET ANT — Function: noun Date: 1748 : any of various solitary usually brightly colored and hairy fossorial wasps (family Mutillidae) with the …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
VELVET ANT — ■ noun a velvety-bodied hymenopterous insect whose larvae parasitize bees and wasps. [Family Mutillidae: numerous species.]
Concise Oxford English vocab
VELVET ANT — [velvet ant] n (1748): any of various solitary usu. brightly colored and hairy fossorial wasps (family Mutillidae) with the female …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
VELVET ANT — any species of solitary (nonsocial) wasp of the family Mutillidae, belonging to the order Hymenoptera. Velvet ants are so called …
Britannica English vocabulary
VELVET ANT — см. cow ant
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
VELVET ANT — см. cow ant
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
VELVET — Fabric having a short, dense pile, used in clothing and upholstery. Velvet is made in the pile weave (see weaving …
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
VELVET — I. ˈvelvə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English veluet, velvet, from Middle French velu shaggy (from — …
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
VELVET — (v. t.) To make like, or cover with, velvet.
Английский словарь Webster
VELVET — (v. i.) To pain velvet.
Английский словарь Webster
VELVET — (a.) Made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety.
Английский словарь Webster
VELVET — ( a. ) Made of velvet; soft and delicate, like velvet; velvety.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VELVET — /vel"vit/ , n. 1. a fabric of silk, nylon, acetate, rayon, etc., sometimes having a cotton backing, with a thick, …
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
VELVET — adj. soft like velvet, resembling velvet; made of velvet
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
VELVET — I. ˈvel-vət noun Etymology: Middle English veluet, velvet, from Anglo-French, from velu shaggy, soft, velvety, from Vulgar Latin * villutus, …
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
VELVET — vi to pain velvet. 2. velvet ·vt to make like, or cover with, velvet. 3. velvet ·adj made of velvet; …
Webster English vocab
VELVET — [vel.vet] n [ME veluet, velvet, fr. MF velu shaggy, fr. (assumed) VL villutus, fr. L villus shaggy hair; akin to …
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
ANT
Britannica English vocabulary
VELVET — velvet BrE AmE ˈvelv ɪt § \ -ət ▷ velvet|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ANT — ant, Ant BrE AmE ænt ▷ ants æn t s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
VELVET — / ˈvelvɪt; NAmE / noun [ U ] a type of cloth made from silk, cotton or nylon , with …
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
VELVET — n. & adj. --n. 1 a closely woven fabric of silk, cotton, etc., with a thick short pile on one …
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
VELVET — n. & adj. n. 1 a closely woven fabric of silk, cotton, etc., with a thick short pile on one …
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
VELVET — n. & adj. --n. 1. a closely woven fabric of silk, cotton, etc., with a thick short pile on one …
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
VELVET — ( velvets) Velvet is soft material made from cotton, silk, or nylon, which has a thick layer of short cut …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VELVET — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a silk/cotton/velvet etc dress ▪ Ellie chose a green silk dress. velvet/net/lace etc curtains (= …
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
VELVET — [noun] [U] - a cloth usually woven from silk or cotton with a thick soft furry surfaceShe kept the necklace …
Cambridge English vocab
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
VELVET — To tip the velvet; to put one's tongue into a woman's mouth. To be upon velvet; to have the best …
Slang English vocab
ANT — noun Ant is used before these nouns: ↑ colony , ↑ mound
Oxford Collocations 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
VELVET — 1. сущ. 1) бархат (тж. silk velvet) as smooth as velvet ≈ гладкий, как бархат cotton velvet ≈ вельвет, плис …
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
VELVET — velvet.ogg 1. ʹvelvıt n 1. текст. 1> бархат ( тж. silk velvet) panne velvet - панбархат raised velvet - бархат …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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
VELVET — velvet сущ.1) а) бархат (тж. silk velvet) as smooth as velvet — гладкий, как бархат cotton velvet — вельвет, плис …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
ANT — ant сущ.муравей - white ant
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
VELVET — 1. ʹvelvıt n 1. текст. 1> бархат ( тж. silk velvet) panne velvet - панбархат raised velvet - бархат с …
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
VELVET — 1. сущ. 1) а) бархат ( тж. silk velvet ) as smooth as velvet — гладкий, как бархат cotton velvet …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
ANT — сущ. муравей - white ant
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
VELVET — 1. сущ. 1) а) бархат (тж. silk velvet) as smooth as velvet — гладкий, как бархат cotton velvet — вельвет, плис б) одежда из бархата I …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
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

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