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porcupine-grass ant
n.
popular name given to Hypoclinea flavipes, Kirby, an ant making its nest roundthe root of the Po...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Eating
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Eat>>.
II. Eating ·noun The act of tasking food; the act of consuming or corro...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Eating
The ancient Hebrews would not eat with the Egyptians (Gen. 43:32). In the time of our Lord they woul...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Porcupine
·noun Any Old Word rodent of the genus Hystrix, having the back covered with long, sharp, erectile s...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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-ant
·- A suffix sometimes marking the agent for action; as, merchant, covenant, servant, pleasant, ·etc....
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An't
·- A contraction for are and am not; also used for is not;
— now usually written ain't.
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Ant
·noun A hymenopterous insect of the Linnaean genus Formica, which is now made a family of several ge...
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Ant-
·- ·see Anti-, ·pref.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ant
(Heb. nemalah, from a word meaning to creep, cut off, destroy), referred to in Prov. 6:6; 30:25, as ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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an't
A common abbreviation in colloquial language for am not and are not. It is often improperly used for...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Ant
(Heb. nemalah). This insect is mentioned twice in the Old Testament: in (Proverbs 6:6; 30:25)
In th...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Heart-eating
·adj Preying on the heart.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Plant-eating
·adj Eating, or subsisting on, plants; as, a plant-eating beetle.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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high eating
To eat skylarks in a garret.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Sea porcupine
·- Any fish of the genus Diodon, and allied genera, whose body is covered with spines. ·see ·Illust....
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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porcupine-bird
n.
a bird inhabiting the Porcupine-Grass (q.v.) of Central Australia; the Striated Grass Wren, Amyt...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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porcupine-fish
n.
name given to severalspecies of the genus Diodon, family Gymnodontes,poisonous fishes; also to D...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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porcupine-grass
n.
the name given to certainspecies of Triodia, of which the more important are T. mitchelli, Benth...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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porcupine-parrot
n.
See quotation.
1896. G. A. Keartland, `Report of the Horne Expedition inCentral Australia,' Par...
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sea-porcupine
Several fish of the genera Diodon and Tetraodon, beset with sharp spines, which they can erect by in...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Ant bird
·- ·see Ant bird, under Ant, ·noun.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ant cow
·add. ·- Any aphid from which ants obtain honeydew.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ant egg
·- One of the small white egg-shaped pupae or cocoons of the ant, often seen in or about ant-hills, ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ant thrush
·- ·see Ant bird, under <<Ant>>.
II. Ant thrush ·- One of several species of tropical birds, of the...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ant-bear
·noun An edentate animal of tropical America (the Tamanoir), living on ants. It belongs to the genus...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ant-cattle
·noun Various kinds of plant lice or aphids tended by ants for the sake of the honeydew which they s...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ant-eater
·noun One of several species of edentates and monotremes that feed upon ants. ·see Ant-bear, <<Pango...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ant-hill
·noun A mound thrown up by ants or by termites in forming their nests.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ant-lion
·noun A neuropterous insect, the larva of which makes in the sand a pitfall to capture ants, ·etc. T...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sauba ant
·- A South American ant (Oecodoma cephalotes) remarkable for having two large kinds of workers besid...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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ant-eater
n.
1) i.q. Ant-eating-Porcupine. See echidna.
2) The Banded Ant-eater (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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ant-orchis
n.
an Australian and Tasmanianorchid, Chiloglottis gunnii, Lind.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bull-ant
n.
contracted and common form of the words bull-dog ant (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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honey-ant
n.
name given to various species of Ants,in which the body of certain individuals becomes enormousl...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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sugar-ant
n.
a small ant, known in many partsof Australia by this name because of its fondness for sweetthing...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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ant islands
Generally found on Spanish charts as Hormigas.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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ant-eater, banded
See banded ant-eater.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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banded ant-eater
n.
name given to a smallterrestrial and ant-eating marsupial, Myrmecobiusfasciatus, Waterh, found i...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bull-dog ant
n.
(frequently shortened to Bull-dog or Bull-ant)
an ant of large size witha fierce bite. The name...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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green-tree ant
n.
common Queensland Ant.
1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 294:
«It was at the lowe...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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eating the wind out of a vessel
Applies to very keen seamanship, by which the vessel, from a close study of her capabilities, steals...
The Sailor's Word-Book