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anthill [′ant‚hil] (invertebrate zoology) A mound of earth deposited around the entrance to ant and termite nests in the ground. (mining engineering) The cuttings around the hole collar in blasthole drilling. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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To engage the Marines, Kuribayashi eschews traditional defenses in favor of an elaborate, imaginative use of caves and tunnels that transforms Mount Suribachi into a human anthill. 3) Built of perishable materials (mostly comprising anthill clay), few Mbari artifacts have survived and fewer still are represented in Western collections of African art. And a seemingly never-ending procession of leafcutter ants tack diagonally across the next spot in the trail on a pheromone-driven mission to and from their monolithic anthills. |
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