Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Emmet \Em"met\, n. [OE. emete, amete, AS. [ae]mete. See {Ant}.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   An ant.

   {Emmet hunter} (Zo["o]l.), the wryneck.

Source : WordNet®

emmet
     n : social insect living in organized colonies;
         characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings
         during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the
         workers [syn: {ant}, {pismire}]