antlet

noun

antlet

noun

Etymology From ant + -let.

1

A small immature ant; an antling.

  • […] if any one of the antlets wanted to come out of his silken covering he could be helped to cut his way through […]1903, Agnes Warner McClelland Daulton, Wings and Stings, page 107:
  • 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.1997, Larry Dean Olsen, Outdoor Survival Skills, page 3:

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