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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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ante (in poker) stake put up by the player before drawing new cards. XIX. — L.
ante before (see next).
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Ant identification made easy: grouping by common traits helps in distinguishing 18 different ant species. (Technical Guide).
Magazine article from: Pest Control; 12/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...and hairy, it is a velvety tree ant. Ants with very small, difficult-to...black bodies are odorous house ants. If the ant has a small node with a white gaster...legionary ant (also called the army ant). Ants in a series with unusually large...
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Ants rule! Who rules in the natural world? Sharks? Tigers? Gorillas? Or ... ants?
Magazine article from: Odyssey; 4/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...and author of The Fire Ants (Harvard University Press, 2006), the fire ant is "a specialist in exploiting...destroy native forests. The ants find a natural home in...controls help to keep these ants in check. But, according...There is no hope that the ant can be completely eradicated...
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Amazing ants: Use our innovative ants them unit to explore the complex world of these hardworking insects with your students.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Instructor (1990); 4/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...them. You can excavate an ant hill, or order ants by mail from Insect Lore...sponge with water for the ants. Food Fit for an Ant Invite your students to try...Unscrew the lid of the ant farm, and give the ants time to find the meals...
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Ants.
Magazine article from: Science Weekly; 8/27/1999; 700+ words
; ...about 100 million years ago? Ant Parts Ants are insects. All insects...all daughters of the queen ant. There are some male ants, but they only live for a...colonies of their own. F"ant"astic Facts Worker ants live between 5 and 7 years...
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ANTS EXHIBIT THEIR INDUSTRIOUS NATURE.(Lifestyles/Spotlight)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 4/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...move by herself, an ant will recruit other ants to help. * Ants in...to look at life in an ant colony and anthropomorphize. But ants can't really think...Novice myrmecologists (ant farmers) can order a supply of ants to be shipped to them...
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ANTs Previews its Compatibility Server at Oracle OpenWorld 2007.
Business Wire; 11/13/2007; 700+ words
; ...the effort and expense of application migration, ANTs software inc. (OTCBB:ANTS), a member of the Oracle PartnerNetwork and a leader...systems, is demonstrating an early version of the ANTs Compatibility Server[TM] (ACS) to the Oracle...
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Ants can bug you, then die.(VARIETY)(James Lileks)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 5/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...ignoring part is easy: Ants need little. But...looks at that big ant farm and learns to...I picked up a Mini Ant Farm and sent away...Milton: Please send me ants. The package arrived...with the things. Ants don't go to heaven. They go to, uh, ant heaven." Or Ant...
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ANTs Names Steven Messino as Vice President of Sales; Settlement Reached in Lauff's Action.
PR Newswire; 2/13/2003; 700+ words
; ANTs software inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: ANTS) , a developer of software technology that enables high-performance...spearhead the sales effort for the launch of our first product, the ANTs Database Accelerator, " said George Arabian, Executive Vice...
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ANTs Uses Industry-Standard TPC-C Benchmark Methodology to Demonstrate Huge Transaction Processing Advantage.
Business Wire; 2/20/2002; 700+ words
; ...Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 20, 2002 ANTs software inc. (OTCBB:ANTS), a developer of software technology that enables...Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC), the ANTs Data Server successfully processed 11 times as many...
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ANTs to Participate in Oracle Sales Kick-off Event.
Business Wire; 6/12/2007; 700+ words
; Participation Offers Oracle Sales Teams Access to Innovative ANTs Compatibility Server BURLINGAME, Calif. -- ANTs software inc. (OTCBB:ANTS), a leader in compatible, high-performance SQL data management systems, this...
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ant
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...colony. Slave-making ants raid the nests of other ant species and carry off larvae...among the North American ants include the yellowish pharaoh ant, the little black ant...and the black carpenter ant. Carpenter ants tunnel in wood but do not...
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Ants
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...castes of workers. Ants undergo complete metamorphosis...to adult. Each ant colony begins with...defensive workers of other ant colonies. A similar fate awaits the male ants, none of which survive...The young daughter ants feed, clean, and groom the queen ant. The workers enlarge...
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Ant, Adam
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
Adam Ant Singer Antmusic Broadcast...with his band Adam and the Ants to his solo fame, Adam Ant has been considered a vanguard...Africa, inspiring in Adam Ant a whole new musical concept...thereafter, McLaren coaxed the Ants away from Adam’...
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Antônio das Mortes
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
ANTÔNIO DAS MORTES (O dragã...Ricardo. Cast: Maurício do Valle (Antônio das Mortes ); Odete Lara (Laura...rbara ); Mário Gusmão (Antão ); Vinivius Salvatori ("Mata...
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Ant-pipits
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Ant-pipits The ant-pipits are 10 – 11 species of birds that make up the family...to study. Therefore, little is known about their biology and ecology. Ant-pipits are small, stocky, wren-like birds, with short tails, short...
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