单词 | antwren |
释义 | > as lemmasantwren antwren n. any of the smaller antbirds of the family Thamnophilidae (formerly Formicariidae). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > [noun] > family Formicariidae (ant bird) > types of butcherbird1769 antwren1825 1825 W. Swainson in Zool. Jrnl. (1826) 2 146 The Formicivoræ, or Ant-Wrens, are all of them very small. 1914 Scribner's Mag. July 30/2 These ant-wrens hover in front of and over the columns of foraging ants, feeding not only on the other insects aroused by the ants, but on the ants themselves. 2003 Pop. Sci. Dec. 114/2 A bird called the black-capped antwren was actually three species. < as lemmas |
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