antasthmatic (antastmatik)

andn. [ II. n. A remedy for asthma. Also written anti - asthmatic . ant atrophic (ant-a-trof'ik), a. and n. [ II. n. A medicine used for the cure of atro phy or wasting. 233 sitional force, before, governing the noun expre ed or understood, as in antemundane, antediluvian, antemeridian, etc. Such compounds, whether having an adjective termination, as in the examples just cited, or lacking it, as in ante - war, are in fact prepositional phrases like the Latin ante bellum, ante mortem (which are also used as English adjectives). Compare anti-. ante-act (an'te-akt), n. [ ante- + act .] A preceding act. Bailey. anteal (an'te-al), a. [ ante-.] Being before or in front. [Rare.] ant-eater (ant'ē"ter), n. An animal that feeds upon ants: a name applied to several mammals and birds. Specifically-( a ) In Mammal i a: (1) pl. The South American edentate quadrupeds of the suborder Vermil in gui a and family Myrmecophagidæ, of which there are three genera and several species, having a slender elongated head, perfectly toothle jaws, and a very long extensile tongue, which is covered with viscid saliva, by means of which the insects are caught. The principal species are the ant-bear or tamanoir, or the great or maned ant-eater, Myrmecophaga jubata; the collared ant-eater or tamandu, Myrmecophaga tamandua or Ta mandua bivittata or tetradactyl a; and the little or two-toed ant-eater, Cyclothurus didactyl us, an arboreal species with a prehensile tail. (2) The African aardvark, ground-pig, or ant-bear, Orycteropus capensis, with probably another species, O. æthiopicus, of the family Orycteropodidæ and suborder Fodientia. Both are also known as Cape anteaters. See cut under aardvark. (3) pl. The pangolins or scaly ant-eaters, of the family Manide and suborder Squamata, including some six or eight species of Asia and Africa, of the genera Manis, Pholidotus, and Smutsia. See cut under pangolin. (4) pl. The Australian marsupials of the genus Myrmecobius, as M. fasci at us. (5) The monotrematous mammal Echidna hystrix, known as the aculeated or porcupine ant-eater, and other species of the genus Echidna. See cut under Echidnida. (b) In ornith., an ant-bird, ant-catcher, or ant-thrush. See ant - thrush. King of the ant-eaters, a South American bird of the family Formicariidæ and genus Grallaria; the Grallaria ante bellum (an'tē bel'um). [L.: ante, before; bellum, acc. of bellum, war: see ante- and bel licose.] Before the war: often used (joined by a hyphen) attributively. rex or G. varia, formerly Turdus rex. ant-bear (ant'bar), n. 1. The great or maned ant-eater of South America, Myrmecophaga ante brachia, n. Ant -bear ( Myrmecophaga jubata). jubata; the tamanoir.-2. The aardvark, ground-pig, or Cape ant-eater of Africa, Africa, Oryc teropus capensis. capensis. Se See ant - eater, ( a ) (2).