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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

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

From Scientific American • Feb. 22, 2013

But the giant ant- eater was the most wonderful, for he walked on his knuckles, and strode majestically about, for all the world like a mammalian peacock, exhibiting his great tail.

From Fan : the story of a young girl's life by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)

But one day he came to me in great distress, with the news that his favourite dog, Atrevido, had been caught in the grip of an ant- eater, and was killed.

From The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Bates, Henry Walter

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