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ant

(Encyclopedia) ant, any of the 2,500 insect species constituting the family Formicidae of the order Hymenoptera, to which the bee and the wasp also belong. Like most members of the order, ants have a…

The Bulldog Ant

An Australian hunter with excellent vision and a venomous sting by Catherine McNiff By Doug Beckers (Flickr) Related Links Bulldog…

ant bear

(Encyclopedia) ant bear: see aardvark.

white ant

(Encyclopedia) white ant: see termite.

Adam, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Adam, RobertAdam, Robertădˈəm [key], 1728–92, and James Adam, 1730–94, Scottish architects, brothers. They designed important public and private buildings in England and Scotland and…

Adam, James

(Encyclopedia) Adam, James: see Adam, Robert.

Adam's Peak

(Encyclopedia) Adam's Peak, Sinhalese Sri Padastanaya and Samanaliya, mountain, 7,360 ft (2,243 m) high, S central Sri Lanka. It is a sacred mountain, famous as a goal of pilgrimage for Buddhists,…