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anteater noun
Meaning : Toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites.
Synonyms : pangolin, scaly anteater
Meaning : Any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites.
Synonyms : new world anteater
Meaning : Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites. Sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata.
Synonyms : aardvark, ant bear, orycteropus afer
Meaning : Small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites. Nearly extinct.
Synonyms : banded anteater, myrmecobius fasciatus, numbat
Meaning : A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites. Native to New Guinea.
Synonyms : echidna, spiny anteater
Meaning : A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites. Native to Australia.
Synonyms : echidna, spiny anteater
