单词 | ant-catcher |
释义 | > as lemmasant-catcher ant-catcher n. any of various small antbirds belonging to various genera of the family Thamnophilidae (formerly Formicariidae).Now more commonly known simply as antbirds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > genus Neocossyphus (ant-thrush) ant-thrush1783 ant-catcher1996 1825 C. L. Bonaparte Amer. Ornithol. I. 7 The Rocky-Mountain Antcatcher is the first and only species hitherto discovered in North America. 1868 Chambers's Encycl. (at cited word) The true ant-catchers..are of comparatively sober plumage, live among the huge ant-hills, seldom fly. 1996 B. W. Edginton Charles Waterton vii. 61 In Guyana as a whole, there are, in fact, twelve species of ant-bird, plus three of ant-catcher, nine of ant-creeper, eight of ant-thrush and five of ant-wren. < as lemmas |
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