antbird

1. 1.

   any of various dull-colored South American birds that feeding on ants some following army ant swarms

   Synonymsant bird

   Broadertyrannid

   Narrowerant thrushant shrikespotted antbird

   Part ofFormicariidae

Other forms of antbird

plural

antbirds·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about antbird

What does antbird mean?

antbird means "any of various dull-colored South American birds that feeding on ants some following army ant swarms".

How many syllables are in antbird?

antbird has 2 syllables: ant-bird. The stress falls on "ant".

What is another word for antbird?

Close synonyms include ant bird. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is antbird a common word?

antbird is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.