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At lunch, Carly and I discussed the peculiar habitats of the guild of ant- and termite-loving mammals.

From Scientific American • Feb. 22, 2013

Without human pressures, then, the ant- and termite-eating contingent of the mammalian fauna might be even more common.

From Scientific American • Feb. 22, 2013

The ant- bear has not a tooth in his head, still he roves fearless on in the same forests with the jaguar and boa-constrictor.

From Wanderings in South America by Waterton, Charles

Metochy: the relation borne to ants by the tolerated guests in ant- hills; demanding nothing from and giving nothing to the ants; see symphily and synecthry.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

For example, the feeling of ants all over the body when you think that you have been near an ant- hill, or the feeling of physical pain on hearing the description of wounds.

From Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students by Gross, Hans Gustav Adolf