ant
Example Sentences
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His stomach felt like there were ants crawling around his intestines.
From Literature
The velvety tree ant forms a millions-strong “social insect carpet that spans the mountains,” said Joseph Parker, a biology professor and director of the Center for Evolutionary Science at Caltech.
From Los Angeles Times
Roger del Moral, another ecologist, remembered a hike he took only four months after the eruption: “… far from any visible vegetation, I discovered an isolated, yet active ant nest.”
From Literature
The process resembles natural strategies seen in diving bell spiders, which carry air bubbles underwater, and in fire ants, which form floating rafts using their water-resistant bodies.
From Science Daily
Other work by Chinese researchers takes a similar approach, tweaking algorithms based on the behavior of ants, sheep, coyotes and whales to eke out theoretical improvements in the ability of unmanned systems to collaborate.
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