Anteater

Language: English
Pronunciation: anteat-er
Part of Speech: noun

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Any of several animals, in suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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