English-Thai Dictionary

ant-

PRF ต้าน  tan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ANT-BEAR or ANT-EATER

n.A quadruped that feeds upon ants. This animal has no teeth, but a snout or muzzle, with a long cylindrical tongue. the body is covered with long hair. There are several species, constituting the genus, myrmecophaga, ant eaters.

 

ANT-EGGS

n.Little white balls found in the hillocks of ants, usually supposed to be their eggs, but found on examination to be the young brood, in their first state. They are vermicules, wrapped in a film, composed of a silky substance spun like a spider's web.

 

ANT-HILL

n.A little tumulus or hillock, formed by ants, for their habitation.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ANT-

ANT- Ant-.

 

Defn: See Anti-, prefix.

 

ANT-BEAR

ANT-BEAR Ant "-bear `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: An edentate animal of tropical America (the Tamanoir ), living on ants. It belongs to the genus Myrmecophaga.

 

ANT-CATTLE

ANT-CATTLE Ant "-cat `tle, n. pl. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Various kinds of plant lice or aphids tended by ants for the sake of the honeydew which they secrete. See Aphips.

 

ANT-EATER

ANT-EATER Ant "-eat `er, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: One of several species of edentates and monotremes that feed upon ants. See Ant-bear, Pangolin, Aard-vark, and Echidna.

 

ANT-HILL

ANT-HILL Ant "-hill, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A mound thrown up by ants or by termites in forming their nests.

 

ANT-LION

ANT-LION Ant "-li `on, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A neuropterous insect, the larva of which makes in the sand a pitfall to capture ants, etc. The common American species is Myrmeleon obsoletus, the European is M. formicarius.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ant-

ant- ▶prefix variant spelling of anti- before a vowel or h (as in Antarctic ).

 

ant-thrush

ant-thrush ▶noun any of a number of thrush-sized ant-eating birds. [● a large antbird (three genera in the family Formicariidae ). ● an African thrush (genus Neocossyphus, subfamily Turdinae, family Muscicapidae: four species ). ● another term for pitta 1 . ]

 

Oxford Dictionary

ant-

ant- |ant | ▶prefix variant spelling of anti-. shortened before a vowel or h (as in Antarctic ).

 

ant-thrush

ant-thrush ▶noun any of a number of thrush-sized ant-eating birds: ● a large antbird (three genera in the family Formicariidae ). ● an African thrush (genus Neocossyphus ). ● another term for pitta 1 .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

ant-

ant- /ænt /接頭辞 anti-の異形 (!母音かhの前に用いる ) ▸ Ant arctic 南極 (地方 )(の )