"emmet" meaning in English

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          "text": "1666, Dr. Edmund King, Philosophical Transactions (1665-1678) Observations Concerning Emmets or Ants, Their Eggs, Production, Progress, Coming to Maturity, Use, &c"
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          "ref": "before 1729, Edward Taylor, \"Meditation. Joh. 14.2. I go to prepare a place for you\"",
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      "ipa": "/ˈɛmɪt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛmɪt"
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