Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Feeding on ants.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Feeding on ants: a term applied to certain birds and mammals such as the flickers and ant-eaters.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin formīca, ant + –vorous.]
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Examples
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For ant-eating, you can say "formicivorous" or "myrmecophagous", but don't take half of one and half of the other.
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