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Webster 1913 Edition


Emmet

Em′met

(ĕm′mĕt)
,
Noun.
[OE.
emete
,
amete
, AS.
æmete
. See
Ant
.]
(Zoöl.)
An ant.
[chiefly dialect]
Emmet hunter
(Zoöl.)
,
the
wryneck{3}
, a type of
bird
related to the woodpeckers.

Webster 1828 Edition


Emmet

EM'MET

,
Noun.
An ant or pismire.