ANTEATER

• (noun) 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

• (noun) 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

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

  synonyms : banded anteater , myrmecobius fasciatus , numbat

• (noun) 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

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

  synonyms : new world anteater

• (noun) 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

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