ˈant-ˌthrush
[ant n.]
A bird of the Thrush family, which lives on ants and allied insects.
| 1863 Bates Nat. on Amazons i. 7 Ant-thrushes (a tribe of plainly-coloured birds intermediate in structure between flycatchers and thrushes). 1869 J. Gray in Guide Brit. Mus. 10 The Thrushes: some of these have long legs and short tails, such as the tropical Ant-thrushes. |