anthill

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Meaning

a mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest

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Ants are more like the parts of an animal than entities on their own. They are mobile cells, circulating through a dense connective tissue of other ants in a matrix of twigs. The circuits are so intimately interwoven that the anthill meets all the essential criteria of an organism. Lewis Thomas

An anthill increases by accumulation. Medicine is consumed by distribution. That which is feared lessens by association. This is the thing to understand. Ovid

We are anthill men upon an anthill world. Ray Bradbury

A bird that flies off the earth and lands on an anthill is still on the ground. African Proverb

Don't wait for an anthill to build up in your mushroom better attack its origin sooner than later. African Proverb

Staying near the anthill turned the antelope brown. Acholi Proverb

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