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‖ Myrmecobius|mɜːmɪˈkəʊbɪəs|
Also anglicized myrmecobe (in Dicts.).
[mod.L. (Waterhouse, Proc. Zool. Soc., July 1836), a. Gr. µυρµηκόβιος, f. µυρµηκ(ο)-, -µηξ ant + -βιος living, βιοῦν to live.]
A genus of insectivorous marsupials, typical of the sub-family Myrmecobiinæ; an animal of this genus.
1838Owen in Trans. Geol. Soc. Ser. ii. (1842) VI. 64 The Phascolothere resembles the Myrmecobius more than it does the Opossum. 1841Waterhouse Marsupialia 145 Banded Myrmecobius..Red Myrmecobius. 1887A. Heilprin Distrib. Anim. 99 The native ant-eater, or striped myrmecobius.
Hence myrmeˈcobian, an animal of this genus.
1839–47Todd's Cycl. Anat. III. 260/1 The Myrmecobians..shelter themselves in the hollows of trees. |