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Anteater

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Noun

1. anteater, pangolin, scaly anteater

toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites

2. anteater, new world anteater

any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites

3. aardvark, ant bear, anteater, orycteropus afer

nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata

4. anteater, banded anteater, myrmecobius fasciatus, numbat

small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct

5. anteater, echidna, spiny anteater

a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea

6. anteater, echidna, spiny anteater

a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Anteater

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noun
1. 
any toothless edentate mammal of the family Myrmecophagidae of Central and South America, esp Myrmecophaga tridactyla (or jubata) (giant anteater), having a long tubular snout used for eating termites
See also tamandua
2.  scaly anteater
3.  spiny anteater
4.  banded anteater

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Anteater

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noun
any of several mammals of various orders that feed mainly on ants, as the pangolins, echidnas, and esp. ant bears: anteaters have a long, sticky tongue and a long snout

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Anteater

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n.
1. Any of several Central and South American mammals of the suborder Vermilingua 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.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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