Ants Word Search
A free Ants word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on the habitats, species, and behaviors of an animal group, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Words to find: COLONY, QUEEN, WORKER, MOUND, MANDIBLE, ANTENNAE, FORAGE, PHEROMONE, HABITAT, LARVA, PUPA, THORAX.
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Ants word list, defined
- COLONY /ˈkɒləni/ · noun
- A country or area under the political control of a distant nation, whose settlers occupy it; more broadly, a group of people or animals of the same kind living together in one place. Related: settlement, outpost, possession, dependency.
- QUEEN /kwiːn/ · noun; verb
- A queen is a female monarch who rules a kingdom, or the wife of a king. As a verb, it means to act in the manner of a queen, especially to treat someone in a domineering or ostentatious way. Related: monarch, ruler, sovereign, royal.
- WORKER /ˈwɜːkə(r)/ · noun
- A person who performs work, especially as an employee; more broadly, anyone who works or belongs to the workforce. Related: employee, labourer, operative, craftsman.
- MOUND /maʊnd/ · noun and verb
- A mound is a small, rounded hill, a raised patch of ground, or a compact heap of earth, stones, or other material. The word also denotes the raised earthen platform used by a baseball pitcher and can refer to a large mound of earth or stone, especially an ancient burial mound or earthwork. Related: heap, pile, hillock, knoll.
- MANDIBLE /ˈmændɪbəl/ · noun
- The lower jawbone of a vertebrate, forming the lower part of the skull and moving against the upper jaw. In arthropods, a mandible is one of the paired appendages used to grasp and manipulate food. Related: jawbone, lower jaw, lower jawbone.
- ANTENNAE /ænˈtɛniː/ · noun (plural)
- The paired, jointed sensory appendages on the heads of insects, crustaceans, and other arthropods, used for feeling, smelling, and sensing the environment. 'Antennae' is the standard plural form of the noun 'antenna'. Related: feelers, antennas, sensory organs.
- FORAGE /ˈfɒrɪdʒ/ (UK), /ˈfɔːrɪdʒ/ (US) · noun, verb
- Food for horses and cattle; as a verb, to search widely for food or provisions. Related: fodder, feed, search, scavenge.
- PHEROMONE /ˈfɛrəmoʊn/ · noun
- A chemical signal released by an organism that influences the behavior or physiology of another organism of the same species. Pheromones can attract mates, mark territory, trigger alarm responses, or coordinate social behavior. Related: semiochemical, chemical signal, scent signal, olfactory cue.
- HABITAT /ˈhæbɪtæt/ · noun
- The natural environment in which an organism or a community of organisms lives. In broader use, a habitat can also mean the characteristic setting or environment associated with a person, group, activity, or development. Related: home, dwelling, environment, surroundings.
- LARVA /ˈlɑːrvə/ · noun
- A larva is the immature form of an insect or other animal that differs substantially from its adult form and typically develops through a major metamorphic change. In entomology, the term refers especially to the active feeding stage between the egg and the pupa or adult. Related: grub, larval form, immature form, caterpillar.
- PUPA /ˈpjuːpə/ · noun
- The inactive, usually enclosed stage in the life cycle of many insects, following the larval stage and preceding the adult stage. In butterflies and moths, the pupal stage is commonly called the chrysalis, while in many other insects the pupa may be enclosed in a cocoon or formed beneath the ground. Related: chrysalis, cocoon.
- THORAX /ˈθɔːræks/ · noun
- The thorax is the part of the body between the neck and abdomen, containing the heart and lungs in humans and other vertebrates. In arthropods such as insects, it is the middle segment of the body, bearing the legs and, in many insects, the wings. Related: chest, breast, upper trunk.
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