Definition of anteater Anteater
/æˈntiˌtɚ/ - [anteeter] - ant•eat•er
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| anteater - any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites | ||
| New World anteater | ||
| edentate primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America | ||
| family myrmecophagidae, myrmecophagidae New World anteaters | ||
| giant anteater, great anteater, myrmecophaga jubata, tamanoir, ant bear 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 | ||
| anteater - small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct | ||
| numbat, banded anteater, Myrmecobius fasciatus | ||
| dasyurid, dasyurid marsupial small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania | ||
| anteater - a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia | ||
| echidna, spiny anteater | ||
| egg-laying mammal, monotreme the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria | ||
| anteater - a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea | ||
| echidna, spiny anteater | ||
| egg-laying mammal, monotreme the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria | ||
| 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 | ||
| pangolin, scaly anteater | ||
| eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials | ||
| anteater - nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata | ||
| aardvark, ant bear, Orycteropus afer | ||
| eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials | ||
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Wiktionary 
- anteater (Noun)
Any of several animals, in suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues. - anteater (Noun)
A common term used of some other unrelated species that feed with ants, including pangolin scaly anteater , echidna spiny anteater , aardvark and numbat banded anteater .
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anteater
A mammal of the suborder Vermilingua having elongated snouts and feeding on ants and termites.
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Anteaters are mammals of the family "Myrmecophagidae" and the suborder "Vermilingua". Anteaters live in South America and Central America.
Anteaters eat ants, just like the name says. They eat termites, too. The anteater has long, sharp claws and a long, sticky tongue. The tongue can be up to 60 cm long, as long as a person's arm. The anteater opens an ant nest with its claws. Then it licks up the ants with its tongue.
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🔤- anteater, noun, singular of anteaters.
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