OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 52398

anting

/ˈæntɪŋ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
baño de hormigas
The practice of some birds of rubbing live ants or occasionally other items into the feathers, possibly as a means of controlling parasites.
When anting the Jay does not pick up ants in the bill although it makes the same movements of the head as species which do. The wings are (at high intensity) spread quite widely an…
When we say a bird is anting, we mean that it is on the ground or on a twig with one or both wings half-spread and with its tail drawn under the body. In this unusual attitude it c…
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