About The Word Anteater
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Anteater
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What's The Definition Of Anteater?
[n] burrowing spine-covered monotreme of Australia having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites
[n] New Guinea echidnas [n] small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct [n] nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata [n] any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites [n] 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 | Synonyms for Anteater: aardvark | ant bear | banded anteater | echidna | Myrmecobius fasciatus | New World anteater | numbat | Orycteropus afer | pangolin | scaly anteater | spiny anteater Related Terms | Find terms related to Anteater: See Also | Cyclopes didactylus | dasyurid | dasyurid marsupial | edentate | egg-laying mammal | eutherian | eutherian mammal | family Myrmecophagidae | genus Manis | genus Myrmecobius | genus Orycteropus | genus Tachyglossus | genus Zaglossus | giant anteater | great anteater | lesser anteater | Manis | monotreme | Myrmecobius | Myrmecophaga jubata | Myrmecophagidae | Orycteropus | placental | placental mammal | silky anteater | Tachyglossus | tamandu | tamandua | Tamandua tetradactyla | tamanoir | two-toed anteater | Zaglossus |
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