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anteater

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ant·eat·er  (nttr)
n.
1. Any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae that lack teeth and feed on ants and termites, especially the giant anteater.
2. Any of several other animals, including the echidna, aardvark, and pangolin, that feed on ants.

anteater
Noun
a mammal with a long snout used for eating termites
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Noun1.anteateranteater - toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites
eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal - mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
genus Manis, Manis - type genus of the Manidae
2.anteater - any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
edentate - primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America
ant bear, giant anteater, great anteater, Myrmecophaga jubata, tamanoir - large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America
Cyclopes didactylus, silky anteater, two-toed anteater - squirrel-sized South American toothless anteater with long silky golden fur
lesser anteater, tamandu, tamandua, Tamandua tetradactyla - small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America
3.anteateranteater - nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal - mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
genus Orycteropus, Orycteropus - coextensive with the family Orycteropodidae
4.anteateranteater - small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct
dasyurid, dasyurid marsupial - small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania
genus Myrmecobius, Myrmecobius - banded anteater
5.anteateranteater - a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea
egg-laying mammal, monotreme - the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria
genus Zaglossus, Zaglossus - a genus of Tachyglossidae
6.anteater - a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia
egg-laying mammal, monotreme - the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria
genus Tachyglossus, Tachyglossus - type genus of the family Tachyglossidae
Translations
Spanish anteater [ˈæntiːtəʳ] noso hormiguero
French anteater [ˈæntiːtəʳ] nfourmilier m, tamanoir m
German anteater [ˈæntiːtəʳ] nAmeisenbär m
Italian anteater [ˈæntiːtəʳ] nformichiere m

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It may be asked in ridicule, whether I suppose that the megatherium and other allied huge monsters have left behind them in South America the sloth, armadillo, and anteater, as their degenerate descendants.
Owen, nearest to the Cape Anteater, but in some other respects it approaches to the armadilloes.
 
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