Anthelic arc
a rare halo occurring at the sun’s elevation but in the opposite part of the sky.
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- Ant hill
a mound of earth, leaves, etc., formed by a colony of ants in digging or constructing their underground nest. historical examples without saying more, i merely begged him to mount upon the ant hill and look toward m’rooli. in the heart of africa samuel white baker lads of zuñi took my egg and hatched it […]
- Anthill
a mound of earth, leaves, etc., formed by a colony of ants in digging or constructing their underground nest. historical examples tired out, half-starved and as disconsolate as the donkey in the stable, i sat myself on an anthill. my reminiscences of the anglo-boer war ben viljoen. this large city lay in the landscape like […]
- Ant lion
any of several insects belonging to the family myrmeleontidae, of the order neuroptera, the larvae of which dig a pit in sand where they lie in wait to prey upon ants or other insects that lose their footing. historical examples it is easy to find these pit-falls of the ant lion in sand banks in […]
- Antonomasia
rhetoric. the identification of a person by an epithet or appellative that is not the person’s name, as his lordship. the use of the name of a person who was distinguished by a particular characteristic, as don juan or annie oakley, to designate a person or group of persons having the same characteristic. historical examples […]