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Definition of ant-thrush in English: ant-thrushnoun Any of a number of thrush-sized ant-eating birds. a large antbird (three genera in the family Formicariidae). an African thrush (genus Neocossyphus). another term for pitta Example sentencesExamples - That's the song of the Rufus Fronted Ant Thrush, a very rare species with a very small range in southwestern South America.
- When the pedestrian falls in with a train of these ants, the first signal given him is a twittering and restless movement of small flocks of plain-coloured birds (ant-thrushes) in the jungle.
- Antthrushes are notoriously difficult to see well and we're delighted at our luck to have one right on the trail.
- MacArthur studied four species of ant-thrushes in South America and discovered that they used different levels within the vegetation for feeding.
- In the lofty forests of the lowlands of Costa Rica and Panama, one of the most distinctive bird notes is the mellow, resonant whistle, usually twice repeated, of the ant-thrush.
Definition of ant-thrush in US English: ant-thrushnounˈantTHrəSH Any of a number of thrush-sized ant-eating birds. another term for pitta an African thrush (genus Neocossyphus, subfamily Turdinae, family Muscicapidae: four species) a large antbird (three genera in the family Formicariidae) Example sentencesExamples - In the lofty forests of the lowlands of Costa Rica and Panama, one of the most distinctive bird notes is the mellow, resonant whistle, usually twice repeated, of the ant-thrush.
- MacArthur studied four species of ant-thrushes in South America and discovered that they used different levels within the vegetation for feeding.
- When the pedestrian falls in with a train of these ants, the first signal given him is a twittering and restless movement of small flocks of plain-coloured birds (ant-thrushes) in the jungle.
- Antthrushes are notoriously difficult to see well and we're delighted at our luck to have one right on the trail.
- That's the song of the Rufus Fronted Ant Thrush, a very rare species with a very small range in southwestern South America.
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