ANTEATER  , a See also:

• TERM

term applied to several mammals, but (zoo-logically at any See also:

• RATE

rate) specially indicating the tropical See also:

• AMERICAN

American anteaters of the See also:

• FAMILY

family Myrmecophagidae (see See also:

• EDENTATA

EDENTATA) . The typical and largest representative of the See also:

• GROUP

group is the See also:

• GREAT

great anteater or See also:

• ANT
• ANT (O. Eng. aemete, from Teutonic a, privative, and maitan, cut or bite off, i.e. " the biter off "; aemete in Middle English became differentiated in dialect use to (mete, then amte, and so ant, and also to emete, whence the synonym " emmet," now only u

ant-See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear (Myrmecophaga jubata) , an See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal measuring 4 ft. in length without the tail, and 2 ft. in height at the See also:

• SHOULDER (in O.E. sculder, cognate with Ger. Schulter, Dutch schouder, Swed. skuldra, &c; the root is unknown)

shoulder . Its prevailing See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour is See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

grey, with a broad See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black See also:

• BAND

band, bordered with See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white, commencing on the See also:

• CHEST (Gr. Kiarl, Lat. cista, O. Eng. cist, test, &c.)

chest, and passing obliquely over the shoulder, diminishing gradually in breadth as it approaches the loins, where it ends in a point . It is extensively distributed in the tropical parts of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South and Central See also:

• AMERICA

America, frequenting See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low swampy savannas, along the See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks of See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers, and the depths of the humid forests, but is nowhere abundant . Its See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food consists mainly of termites, to obtain which it opens their nests with its powerful See also:

• SHARP, GRANVILLE (1735-1813)
• SHARP, JAMES (1618-1679)
• SHARP, JOHN (1645-1714)
• SHARP, RICHARD (1759-1835)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1749-1824)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1856-1905)

sharp anterior claws, and as the See also:

• INSECTS

insects swarm to the damaged See also:

• PART

part of their dwelling, it draws them into its mouth by means of its See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, flexible, rapidly moving See also:

• TONGUE (O. Eng. lunge)

tongue covered with glutinous saliva . The great anteater is terrestrial in habits, not burrowing underground like armadillos . Though generally an inoffensive animal, when attacked it can defend itself vigorously and effectively with its sabre-like anterior claws . The See also:

• FEMALE

female produces a single See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young at a See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth . The tamandua anteaters, as typified by Tamandua (or Uroleptes) tetradactyla, are much smaller than the great anteater, and differ essentially from it in their habits, being mainly arboreal . They inhabit the dense primeval forests of South and Central America . The usual colour is yellowish-white, with a broad black lateral band, covering nearly the whole of the See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the See also:

• BODY

body . The little or two-toed anteater (See also:

• CYCLOPES (KUKXW9rer, the round-eyed, plural of Cyclops)

Cyclopes or Cycloturus didactylus) is a native of the hottest parts of South and Central America, and about the See also:

• SIZE

size of a See also:

• RAT (a word common to Teut. and Rom. languages; probably first adopted in Teut.; the ultimate origin is not known; Skeat suggests the root rad-, to scratch; cf. Ger. Ratte, Dan. rotte, Fr. rat, &c.)

rat, of a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general yellowish colour, and exclusively arboreal in its habits .

The name scaly anteater is applied to the See also:

• PANGOLIN

pangolin (q.v.); the banded anteater (Myrmecobius fascialus) is a marsupial, and the spiny anteater (See also:

• ECHIDNA, or PORCUPINE

Echidna) is one of the monotremes (see See also:

• MARSUPIALIA
• MARSUPIALIA (from Lat. marsupium, a "pouch," or "bag")

MARSUPIALIA and See also:

• MONOTREMATA (a name referring to the single outlet for all the excretory channels of the body)

MONOTREMATA) . ANTE-See also:

• CHAPEL

CHAPEL, the term given to that portion of a chapel which lies on the western side of the See also:

• CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from Lat. chorus; pronounced quire, and until the end of the 17th century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)

choir See also:

• SCREEN (usually, but very doubtfully, connected with Lat. scrinium, a box for holding books, from scribere, to write; a connexion with Ger. Schranke, barrier, has been suggested)

screen . In some of the colleges at See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford and See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge the ante-chapel is carried See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north and south across the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west end of the chapel, constituting a western See also:

• TRANSEPT (from Lat. trans, across, and septum, enclosure; synonymous terms in other languages are Fr. croisee, nef transversee; Ital. crociata; Ger. Querbau, Quersch&)

transept or See also:

• NARTHEX (Gr. vapOr7E, the name of the plant giant=fennel, in Lat. ferula)

narthex . This See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model, based on Merton See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College chapel (13th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century), of which only See also:

• CHANCEL (through O. Fr. from Lat. plur. cancelli, dim. of cancer, grating, lattice, probably connected with an Indo-European root Kar-, to bend; cf. circus, curve, &c.)

chancel and transept were built though a See also:

• NAVE

nave was projected, was followed at Wadham, New and Magdalen Colleges, Oxford, in the new chapel of St See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John's College, Cambridge, and in See also:

• ETON

Eton College . In Jesus College, Cambridge, the transept and a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short nave constitute the ante-chapel; in See also:

• CLARE
• CLARE, JOHN (1793-1864)
• CLARE, JOHN FITZGIBBON, 1ST EARL OF (1749-1802)

Clare College an octagonal See also:

• VESTIBULE (from Lat. vestibulum)

vestibule serves the same purpose; and in See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ's, Trinity and See also:

• RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

Ring's Colleges, Cambridge, the ante-chapel is a portion of the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main chapel, divided off from the chancel by the choir screen.89 ANTE-CHOIR, the term given to the space enclosed in a See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church between the See also:

• OUTER

outer See also:

• GATE

gate or railing of the See also:

• ROOD (O.E. rod, a stick, another form of " rod, O.E. rodd, possibly cognate with Lat. rudis, a staff)

rood screen and the See also:

• DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the English word, with other forms common in allied languages, comes from the same Indo-European stem as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)

door of the screen; sometimes there is only one See also:

• RAIL

rail, gate or door, but in See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey it is equal in See also:

• DEPTH

depth to one See also:

• BAY

bay of the nave . The ante-choir is also called the " fore choir." ANTE-FI%AE (from See also:

• LAT

Lat. antefigere, to fasten before), the See also:

• VERTICAL (from Lat. vertex, highest point)

vertical blocks which terminate the covering tiles of the roof of a See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple; as spaced they take the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of the cymatium and See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form a cresting along the sides of the temple . The See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face of the ante-fixae was richly carved with the See also:

• ANTHEMION (from the Gr. h.v8Epaw, a flower)

anthemion (q.v.) See also:

• ORNAMENT (Lat. ornare, to adorn)

ornament .