Definitions

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  • adjective Without ants.

Etymologies

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ant +‎ -less

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Examples

  • Shaking his head and grinning, Ross Ed chose an antless log and sat down.

    Jed the Dead Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997

  • So they offered elephants at a wildlife orphanage a choice between these "ant plant" trees, with and without ants on the branches, and their favorite species of tree, the Acacia mellifera, to which the researchers added ants to some of its otherwise antless branches.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

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