ant bird

/ænt bərd/
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Other forms: ant birds

Definitions of ant bird
  1. noun
    any of various dull-colored South American birds that feeding on ants some following army ant swarms
    synonyms: antbird
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    types:
    ant thrush
    a kind of antbird
    ant shrike
    antbirds superficially resembling shrikes
    Hylophylax naevioides, spotted antbird
    a kind of antbird
    type of:
    tyrannid
    a passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni
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