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Definition: Jet ant
Jet
\Jet\, n. [OF. jet, jayet, F. ja["i]et, jais, L. gagates,
fr. Gr. ?; -- so called from ? or ?, a town and river in
Lycia.] [written also
jeat,
jayet.] (Min.)
A variety of lignite, of a very compact texture and velvet
black color, susceptible of a good polish, and often wrought
into mourning jewelry, toys, buttons, etc. Formerly called
also
black amber.
[1913 Webster]
Jet ant (Zo["o]l.), a blackish European ant (
Formica fuliginosa
), which builds its nest of a paperlike
material in the trunks of trees.
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