myrmecophagousadj.

Brit.

/ˌməːmᵻˈkɒfəɡəs/, U.S.

/ˌmərməˈkɑfəɡəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: myrmeco- comb. form, -phagous comb. form.

Etymology: < myrmeco- comb. form + -phagous comb. form. Compare scientific Latin Myrmecophaga , genus name (see myrmecophagid n. and adj.), and French myrmécophage, adjective (1793).

Zoology.

That eats ants; characterized by feeding on ants.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Edentata > [adjective] > ant-eating

myrmecophagous1839

1839 R. Owen in C. Darwin Zool. Voy. H.M.S. Beagle i. No. 2. 58 The existing Myrmecophagous species even fall short of the larger fossil in this respect.

1898 Nat. Sci. May 326 The larvae at the same time both myrmecoid and myrmecophagous.

1945 Sci. Monthly Jan. 13/2 I have times without number watched this myrmecophagous woodpecker at its feast.

1979 Breviora No. 455. 1 It is possible that palaeanodonts were an early radiation of probably myrmecophagous, fossorial mammals merely convergent to these orders.

1992 M. Schaffer-Fehre tr. S. Schaal & W. Ziegler Messel xvi. 207 Eomanis waldi, in practice already myrmecophagous, but ‘psychologically’ still vegetarian, managed to survive..by lying in wait in the paths of leaf-cutter ants in order to steal the leaf segments that were already cut to size.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	myrmecophagous
释义	myrmecophagousadj. Brit. /ˌməːmᵻˈkɒfəɡəs/, U.S. /ˌmərməˈkɑfəɡəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: myrmeco- comb. form, -phagous comb. form. Etymology: < myrmeco- comb. form + -phagous comb. form. Compare scientific Latin Myrmecophaga , genus name (see myrmecophagid n. and adj.), and French myrmécophage, adjective (1793). Zoology. That eats ants; characterized by feeding on ants. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Edentata > [adjective] > ant-eating myrmecophagous1839 1839 R. Owen in C. Darwin Zool. Voy. H.M.S. Beagle i. No. 2. 58 The existing Myrmecophagous species even fall short of the larger fossil in this respect. 1898 Nat. Sci. May 326 The larvae at the same time both myrmecoid and myrmecophagous. 1945 Sci. Monthly Jan. 13/2 I have times without number watched this myrmecophagous woodpecker at its feast. 1979 Breviora No. 455. 1 It is possible that palaeanodonts were an early radiation of probably myrmecophagous, fossorial mammals merely convergent to these orders. 1992 M. Schaffer-Fehre tr. S. Schaal & W. Ziegler Messel xvi. 207 Eomanis waldi, in practice already myrmecophagous, but ‘psychologically’ still vegetarian, managed to survive..by lying in wait in the paths of leaf-cutter ants in order to steal the leaf segments that were already cut to size. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1839
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