antless

adj

Etymology

From ant + -less.

  1. inherited from *meh₂y-✻ — “to cut”
  2. inherited from *ē-✻ — “off, away”
  3. inherited from *āmaitijā✻
  4. inherited from æmete — “ant”
  5. inherited from ampte
  6. suffixed as antless — “ant + less”

Definitions

  1. Without ants.

    • An antless acacia is doomed. Janzen concluded that the ants and acacias are obligate symbionts, depending entirely upon each other.

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