Myrmecoleon
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thumb|upright|Myrmecoleon, from the Hortus Sanitatis of Jacob Meydenbach, 1491
The Myrmecoleon or Ant-lion is a fantastical animal from classical times, possibly derived from an error in the Septuagint version of the book of Job, reappearing in the Greek Christian Physiologus of the 3rd or 4th century A.D.
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