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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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ant-eater, banded
See banded ant-eater.
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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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Eater
·noun One who, or that which, eats.
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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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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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Bee-eater
·noun An African bird of the genus Rhinopomastes.
II. Bee-eater ·noun A bird of the genus Merops, t...
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Lotos-eater
·noun One who ate the fruit or leaf of the lotus, and, as a consequence, gave himself up to indolenc...
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Lotus-eater
·noun ·Alt. of Lotos-eater.
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Man-eater
·noun One who, or that which, has an appetite for human flesh; specifically, one of certain large sh...
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beef eater
A yeoman of the guards, instituted by Henry VII. Their office was to stand near the bouffet, or cupb...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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toad eater
A poor female relation, and humble companion, or reduced gentlewoman, in a great family, the standin...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bee-eater
n.
a bird-name. The European Bee-eater is Merops apiaster; the Australian species is Merops ornatus...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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fig-eater
n.
a bird, i.q. grape-eater (q.v.).
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fly-eater
n.
the new vernacular name for the Australianbirds of the genus Gerygone (q.v.), and see Warbler.Th...
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grape-eater
n.
a bird, called formerly Fig-eater, now known as the Green-backedWhite-eye (q.v.), Zosterops goul...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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honey-eater
n.
an Australian bird, with atongue specially adapted for being formed into a tube for theabsorptio...
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fire-eater
One notoriously fond of being in action; much humbled by iron-clads.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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fog-eater
A synonym of fog-dog and fog-bow. It may be explained as the clearing of the upper stratum, permitti...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Ant bird
·- ·see Ant bird, under Ant, ·noun.
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Ant cow
·add. ·- Any aphid from which ants obtain honeydew.
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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, ...
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Ant thrush
·- ·see Ant bird, under <<Ant>>.
II. Ant thrush ·- One of several species of tropical birds, of the...
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Ant-bear
·noun An edentate animal of tropical America (the Tamanoir), living on ants. It belongs to the genus...
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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...
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Ant-hill
·noun A mound thrown up by ants or by termites in forming their nests.
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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...
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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-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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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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wattled bee-eater
See bee-eater.
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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...
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porcupine, ant-eating
i.q. echidna (q.v.).
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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