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Anthill

/ˈænt.hɪl/

A cone-shaped formation constructed from sediment and other available materials by ants or termites. The colony nests underneath this cone.

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A cone-shaped formation constructed from sediment and other available materials by ants or termites. The colony nests underneath this cone.

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antholenoun	A hole in which ants live.
formicarynoun	An ant colony, a pile of earth built by ants in which they nest.
myrmecodomatiumnoun	A domatium specifically adapted to the accommodation of ants.
canthellusnoun	A raised ridge of cuticle around the inner border of the trulleum in certain ants.
termitariumnoun	A termite colony.
fungus-growing antnoun	(entomology) Any ant of the tribe Attini, which grow fungi in their ant colonies using food scraps, the fungi are then used to feed the colony.
myrmecospherenoun	The domain of soil inhabited by ants
nidulationnoun	The time of remaining in the nest, or the nest-building.
psammophorenoun	A collection of long hairs on the underside of the head of some ants that is used to carry sand
antygidiumnoun	A low, platelike ridge of shell near the beak of the dorsal valve of some brachiopods
annellidenoun	A specialized conidiogenous cell that grows as it extrudes material.
myrmecophytismnoun	(biology) The situation where a plant lives in association with a colony of ants.
gongylidiumnoun	A hyphal swelling of fungus which is cultivated by certain ants.
myrmecophytenoun	A plant that lives in association with a colony of ants. The degree of association varies and is assumed to be symbiotic in some cases.
cephalanthiumnoun	(botany) A calathidium.
gnathosomenoun	A structure, in mites, composed of the fused, sclerotised remnants of dorsal and ventral tergites and sternites
pillarnoun	(architecture) A large post, often used as supporting architecture.
supercolonynoun	A group of nests whose ants do not exhibit mutual aggression.
beltian bodynoun	(botany) A structure found on the tips of leaflets in some acacias, rich in lipids and proteins, believed to have evolved as part of a symbiotic relationship with ants.
fungus gardennoun	A pile of leaf fragments prepared by leaf-cutter ants to cultivate the fungus with which they are symbiotic.