anternet UK /ˈæntəˌnɛt/US /ˈæn(t)ɚˌnɛt/ noun1 •The means by which ants communicate with each other, analogous to the TCP/IP algorithm that the internet uses to control the flow of data.Long before researchers invented the Internet, ants invented something kind of like an anternet, and the two networks work pretty much the same way. — 2012