Ant
Ant noun - Social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers.
Bug and ant are semantically related in arthropod topic. In some cases you can use "Bug" instead a noun "Ant".
Nearby Word: anting
Bug
Bug noun - A person with a strong and habitual liking for something.
Both words in one sentence
- The ant hero goes on a long journey to a bug city, which is actually a pile of human garbage.
Source: Dueling Works / Film Animated -
Ash Face: Happens to Bug if he is hit by a fire ant's fire breath, or if he touches lava.
Source: Video Game / Bug! - All he gets is a drowned worm, a smashed fly, a live ant, and a piece of lint that looks like a bug.
Source: Last Minute Project
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