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antlet

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English

Etymology

From ant + -let.

Noun

antlet (plural antlets)

  1. A small immature ant; an antling.
    • 1903, Agnes Warner McClelland Daulton, Wings and Stings, page 107:
      [] if any one of the antlets wanted to come out of his silken covering he could be helped to cut his way through []
    • 1997, Larry Dean Olsen, Outdoor Survival Skills, page 3:
      I wondered whether ants found it necessary to hold classes of instruction for all upcoming antlets in order to maintain their organized and busy mound-building society.

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