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A hymenopterous insect of the Linnæan genus Formica, which is now made a family of several genera; an emmet; a pismire.

See Ant bird, under Ant, n.

Any aphid from which ants obtain honeydew.

One of the small white egg-shaped pupæ or cocoons of the ant, often seen in or about ant-hills, and popularly supposed to be eggs.

e Old World, of the genus Pitta, somewhat resembling the thrushes, and feeding chiefly on ants.

See Anti-, prefix.

An edentate animal of tropical America (the Tamanoir), living on ants. It belongs to the genus Myrmecophaga.

Various kinds of plant lice or aphids tended by ants for the sake of the honeydew which they secrete. See Aphips.

One of several species of edentates and monotremes that feed upon ants. See Ant-bear, Pangolin, Aard-vark, and Echidna.

A mound thrown up by ants or by termites in forming their nests.

A neuropterous insect, the larva of which makes in the sand a pitfall to capture ants, etc. The common American species is Myrmeleon obsoletus, the European is M. formicarius.

A species of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base.

A remedy for acidity of the stomach, as an alkali or absorbent. -- a.

Corrective of acrimony of the humors.

Pertaining to Antæus, a giant athlete slain by Hercules.

Opposition of action; counteraction or contrariety of things or principles.

One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent. Antagonist of Heaven's Almigthy King. Milton. Our antagonists in these controversies. Hooker.

Opposing in combat, combating; contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces. -- An*tag`o*nis"tic*al*ly, adv. They were distinct, adverse, even antagonistic. Milman.

To contend with; to oppose actively; to counteract.

Contest; opposition; antagonism. [Obs.] Antagony that is between Christ and Belial. Milton.