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单词 ant-thrush
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Definition of ant-thrush in English:

ant-thrush

noun
  • 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-thrush

nounˈantTHrəSH
  • 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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