Noun: emmet e-mut
- Social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
"The emmets formed a long trail to carry food back to their nest";
- ant, pismire
Derived forms: emmets
Type of: hymenopter, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopterous insect
Part of: family Formicidae, Formicidae
Encyclopedia: Emmet, Queensland