emmet Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
    ant; pismire.

WordNet

Em"met noun
Etymology
OE. emete, amete, AS. æmete. See Ant.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) An ant.

Webster 1913