form i can (form ikan)

[L. formica, an ant, + -an.] Of or pertaining to the ant; resembling an ant. The driver-ants... are vagabonds and wanderers upon the face of the earth, form i can tramps. Eclectic Mag ., XLI. 420. formicant (fôr'mi-kant), a. [L. form i can (t-)s, ppr. of formic are, crawl like ants, feel (as the skin) as if crawled over by ants, OF. formica ire ), pertaining to ants, II. n. 1. In entom ., one of the Formicaria ; an ant.-2. In ornith ., an ant-bird; a formicarioid pa erine bird. Formicariidæ (form i-kā-ri'i-dē), n. pl . [NL., -ide .] -ida.] A family of formica Formicariidæ rioid pa erine birds, having long slender feet, the outer toe united at the base to the middle toe, full plumage on the rump, and a characteristic coloration; the South American antbirds. The family is divisible into Thamnophilinæ (ant shrikes), Formic i vor inæ (ant-wrens), and Form i car i in a (ant-thrushes). Under various names, the Formicariidæ have been included with several different groups of birds with which they have little affinity, as the Laniidæ Tur didæ, etc.; and the terms Formicariidæ and Form i car i inæ have usually included a number of heterogeneous forms now eliminated. The family as here limited is confined to the warmer parts of America, and is highly characteristic of the Neo tropical fauna. Also Formica rid a. Form i car i inæ (fôr-mi-kā-ri-i'nē), n. pl. [NL., of America; the genera and species are numerous. Also formic aroid . formicarioid (fôr-mi-kā'ri-oid), a. and n. I. a. Having the characters of the Formica rio idea, as an ant-shrike, ant-wren, or ant-thrush proper. II. n. One of the Formica rio idea; a formicarioid or tracheophonous pa erine bird. Formica rio ideæ (for-mi-kā-ri-oi'de-ē), n. pl. [NL., formicarium (for-mi-kā'ri-um), n.; pl. form i caria (-a). [ML.] Same as formicary. Form i car i us (fôr-mi-kā'ri-us), n. [NL., IMG:content-1717.jpg:[blocks in formation] Formic aroid pa eres, a group of pa erine birds embracing ten families not normally acromyodian, as distinguished from turdoid, tanagroid, and sturnoid pa eres respectively. A. R. Wallace , Ibis (1874), p. 406, formicary (fôr'mi-kā-ri), n.; pl. formicaries (-riz). [ formicarium , an ant-hill (prop. neut. of * form i car i us , adj.), formica , ant: see form i car i an , Formica .] An ants' nest or ant-hill; the nest or burrow inhabited by a colony of ants. See ant - hill . In a formicary we can detect no trace of private property; the territory, the buildings, the stores, the booty, exist equally for the benefit of all. Pop . Sci . Mo., XII. 198. This work they [the ants] carry on until enough workers are reared to attend to the active duties of the formicary . Science, III. 54. formicate (fôr'mi-kāt), a. [L. formica, anant, + -ate1.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling an ant or ants. Also form i cine.