- Ant bird
- Ant bird \Ant" bird\, (Zo["o]l.) See {Ant bird}, under {Ant}, n. [1913 Webster]
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Ant bird — Ant Ant, n. [OE. ante, amete, emete, AS. [ae]mete akin to G. ameise. Cf. {Emmet}.] (Zo[ o]l.) A hymenopterous insect of the Linn[ae]an genus {Formica}, which is now made a family of several genera; an emmet; a pismire. [1913 Webster] Note: Among… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ant bird — noun any of various dull colored South American birds that feeding on ants some following army ant swarms • Syn: ↑antbird • Hypernyms: ↑tyrannid • Hyponyms: ↑ant thrush, ↑ant shrike, ↑spotted antbird, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Ant — Ant·a·buse; ant·ambulacral; ant·apex; ant·arc·ta·lian; ant·arctic; ant·arc·ti·ca; ant·arc·to·gae·an; ant; ant·bird; ant·echi·no·mys; ant·echi·nus; ant·ep·ir·rhe·ma; ant·er·gic; ant·he·li·on; ant·hill; ant·ing; ant·ler; ant·lered; ant·ler·ite;… … English syllables
bird — ant·bird; bird; bird·er; bird·less; bird·like; bird·ling; bird·man; bird·stone; black·bird·er; din·gle·bird; hose·bird; ko·bird; stitch·bird; bird·ie; poe·bird; … English syllables
Ant — Ant, n. [OE. ante, amete, emete, AS. [ae]mete akin to G. ameise. Cf. {Emmet}.] (Zo[ o]l.) A hymenopterous insect of the Linn[ae]an genus {Formica}, which is now made a family of several genera; an emmet; a pismire. [1913 Webster] Note: Among ants … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ant rice — Ant Ant, n. [OE. ante, amete, emete, AS. [ae]mete akin to G. ameise. Cf. {Emmet}.] (Zo[ o]l.) A hymenopterous insect of the Linn[ae]an genus {Formica}, which is now made a family of several genera; an emmet; a pismire. [1913 Webster] Note: Among… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ant shrikes — Ant Ant, n. [OE. ante, amete, emete, AS. [ae]mete akin to G. ameise. Cf. {Emmet}.] (Zo[ o]l.) A hymenopterous insect of the Linn[ae]an genus {Formica}, which is now made a family of several genera; an emmet; a pismire. [1913 Webster] Note: Among… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ant thrushes — Ant Ant, n. [OE. ante, amete, emete, AS. [ae]mete akin to G. ameise. Cf. {Emmet}.] (Zo[ o]l.) A hymenopterous insect of the Linn[ae]an genus {Formica}, which is now made a family of several genera; an emmet; a pismire. [1913 Webster] Note: Among… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ant wrens — Ant Ant, n. [OE. ante, amete, emete, AS. [ae]mete akin to G. ameise. Cf. {Emmet}.] (Zo[ o]l.) A hymenopterous insect of the Linn[ae]an genus {Formica}, which is now made a family of several genera; an emmet; a pismire. [1913 Webster] Note: Among… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ant thrush — (Zo[ o]l.) (a) One of several species of tropical birds, of the Old World, of the genus {Pitta}, somewhat resembling the thrushes, and feeding chiefly on ants. (b) See {Ant bird}, under {Ant}. [1913 Webster] || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
