The mound or hillock raised over an ants' nest, consisting of earth, clay, pine needles, etc.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > ant > that form ant-hills > ant-hill (13) anthilleOE The mound or hillock raised over an ants' nest, consisting of earth, clay, pine needles, etc. ant bedeOE = anthill, n. In later use U.S. regional and Australian. pismire hill1440 = anthill, n. 1a; (also, in quot. 1781) = anthill, n. 2. maur-hill?c1475 an anthill. maur house?c1475 = maur-hill n. ant heap1591 (a) = anthill, n. 1a 2; (b) (chiefly South African) the earth and other materials of which anthills consist, esp. when used in construction to make… molehill1610 A similar mound surrounding an ants' nest, an anthill. Obsolete. ant-hillock1656 = anthill, n. 1a 2. bank1667 An ant hill. Also ant bank. Obsolete. sprout hill1766 a small anthill formed from particulate soil. formicary1816 An ants' nest, ant-hill. ant mound1830 = anthill, n. 1a 2. formicarium1834 = formicary, n. |
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