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# antbird

«antbird» in Mova's school dictionary: **A small bird of the tropical forests of Central and South…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (antbird, antbirds)

### meaning for a pupil

A small bird of the tropical forests of Central and South America; some kinds follow army ants to catch the insects fleeing from them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antbird/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Met in nature books and science lessons on rainforests and food chains. Antbirds mostly eat insects, not ants.

### examples

- Antbirds follow army ants through the forest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antbird/#x1)
- The antbird snapped up a fleeing cricket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antbird/#x2)
- There are over 200 kinds of antbird. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antbird/#x3)
- We saw a picture of an antbird in our rainforest book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antbird/#x4)
- Antbirds live in Central and South America. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antbird/#x5)
- The antbird's song rang through the trees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antbird/#x6)

### note

Countable; one word. Despite the name, most antbirds do not eat ants — a common trap.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «antbird» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/antbird/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.