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Anthill

//ˈænt.hɪl// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A cone-shaped structure built from sediment and other available materials by ants or white ants (termites), and beneath which the colony nests.

    "On arrival at Edinburgh Waverley, I fight my way through the throngs of tourists and locals turning the place into a human anthill."

  2. 2
    a mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English ametehul, amptehille, from Old English ǣmethyll, equivalent to ant + hill.

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