Termite's kin (3)

I believe the answer is:

ant

(Other definitions for ant that I've seen before include "that may be a soldier" , "Little boy" , "Worker on the hill" , "Small social insect" , "maybe in hill" .)

I've seen this clue in the King Feature Syndicate and The Wall Street Journal.

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