Definitions For Anting

Noun

ANTING (uncountable) (ornithology) The practice of some birds of rubbing live ants or occasionally other items into the feathers, possibly as a means of controlling parasites.

Quotations

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Translations

Esperanto: formikumo French: formicage, m German: Einemsen, n Japanese: 蟻浴, sc=Jpan Norwegian: : Nynorsk: maurbad Polish: mrówkowanie, n, kąpiel mrówkowa, f Portuguese: comportamento/ação de formicar-se Russian: муравление, sc=Cyrl Spanish: baño de hormigas, m

See also

anting-anting

Etymology

ant + ing

Is Anting a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
7
Words with Friends
10

The word Anting is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends

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