myrmecophagous

ADJECTIVE
  1. feeding on ants
    myrmecophagous squirrel
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How To Use myrmecophagous In A Sentence

  • In contrast with the Xenarthra, the Old World Pholidota is not trophically diverse and contains only the myrmecophagous pangolins, or scaly anteaters.
  • Thus the extremes of carnivorous adaptation, as in the case of the cats, of omnivorous adaptation, as in the case of the bears, of herbivorous adaptation, as in the case of the horses, or myrmecophagous adaptation, as in the case of the anteaters, are all secondary "(_loc.cit. _, pp. 23-4). Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
  • myrmecophagous squirrel
  • For ant-eating, you can say "formicivorous" or "myrmecophagous", but don't take half of one and half of the other. Languagehat.com: VEGAN.
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