Emmet (&ebreve_;mm&ebreve_;t), n. [OE. emete, amete, AS. æmete. See Ant.] (Zoöl.) An ant. [chiefly dialect]
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Emmet hunter (Zoöl.), the wryneck{3}, a type of bird related to the woodpeckers.
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