New approaches to pest control…exploit the use of juvenile hormone analogues, “antifeedants,” and chemosterilants (Nature). If crops were sprayed with efficient, synthetic antifeedants, the pests might turn from crops to weeds (G. B. Kauffman).
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Ant-follower — Ant followers are birds that feed by following swarms of army ants and take prey flushed by those ants.Willis, E. Y. Oniki (1978) [http://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t ct=res cd=2 url=http%3A%2F%2Flinks.jstor.org%2Fsici%3Fsici%3D0066… … Wikipedia
Ant-eater — Ant eat er, n. (Zo[ o]l.) One of several species of edentates and monotremes that feed upon ants. See {Ant bear}, {Pangolin}, {Aard vark}, and {Echidna}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
feed — [n] food animal food, barley, corn, fodder, forage, grain, grass, grub, hay, meal, pasturage, provender, provisions, silage, straw, vittles; concepts 457,460,461 feed [v] give nourishment; augment banquet, bolster, cater, cram, deliver, dine,… … New thesaurus
ant lion — n. [transl. of Gr myrmēkoleōn in LXX, Job 4:11] any of a family (Myrmeleontidae) of neuropteran insects, some of which have large jawed larvae (doodlebugs) that lie hidden in cone shaped pits where they feed on ants and other insects that fall in … English World dictionary
Ant — For other uses, see Ant (disambiguation). Ants Temporal range: 130–0 Ma … Wikipedia
feed — feedable, adj. /feed/, v., fed, feeding, n. v.t. 1. to give food to; supply with nourishment: to feed a child. 2. to yield or serve as food for: This land has fed 10 generations. 3. to provide as food. 4. to furnish for consumption. 5. to… … Universalium
ant bird — noun any of various dull colored South American birds that feeding on ants some following army ant swarms • Syn: ↑antbird • Hypernyms: ↑tyrannid • Hyponyms: ↑ant thrush, ↑ant shrike, ↑spotted antbird, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Ant — (Heb. nemalah, from a word meaning to creep, cut off, destroy), referred to in Prov. 6:6; 30:25, as distinguished for its prudent habits. Many ants in Palestine feed on animal substances, but others draw their nourishment partly or exclusively … Easton's Bible Dictionary
feed — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. eat, dine, consume, devour; graze; nourish, nurture, bait; supply, provide, furnish; satisfy, gratify. See food, sufficiency, fuel. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. fodder, food for animals, pasture, forage,… … English dictionary for students
Sugar ant — Taxobox name = Sugar ant status = NE status system = iucn3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Hymenoptera familia = Formicidae genus = Camponotus species = C. consobrinus binomial = Camponotus consobrinus binomial… … Wikipedia
