1. Plural of emmet; ants, especially in archaic or dialectal usage.
Usage: archaic; dialectal; chiefly British

Examples

• The old text referred to the emmets that built their colonies beneath the garden.
• In medieval literature, emmets were often used as symbols of industry and cooperation.
• The naturalist observed the emmets carrying food back to their nest.
• Children in the countryside once called the small insects emmets.
• The poem described emmets marching in orderly lines across the path.