ant bird
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ant bird
n
1. (Animals) any of various dull-coloured South American passerine birds of the family Formicariidae, such as Hylophylax naevioides (spotted ant bird), that typically feed on ants. Also called: bush shrike or ant thrush
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| Noun | 1. |  ant bird - any of various dull-colored South American birds that feeding on ants some following army ant swarmstyrannid - a passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni family Formicariidae, Formicariidae - antbirds ant thrush - a kind of antbird ant shrike - antbirds superficially resembling shrikes Hylophylax naevioides, spotted antbird - a kind of antbird |
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