anteatern.

Brit.

/ˈantˌiːtə/, U.S.

/ˈæn(t)ˌidər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ant n.¹, eater n.

Etymology: < ant n.¹ + eater n. Compare German Ameisenfresser (1644 in sense 1a). With sense 1 compare earlier ant bear n. With sense 2 compare earlier ant-catcher n. at ant n.¹ Compounds 2 and ant-thrush n.

1. Any of several ant- and termite-eating mammals with extremely long, thin, retractable tongues.

a. (a) A hairy mammal of the South American suborder Vermilingua (superorder Xenarthra, families Myrmecophagidae and Cyclopedidae), as the giant anteater, Myrmecophaga tridactyla; (b) (in full scaly anteater) the pangolin (genus Manis) of parts of Asia and Africa; (c) (in full Cape anteater) the aardvark, Orycteropus afer. Also figurative.

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the world > animals > mammals > order Edentata > [noun] > family Myrmecophagidae (ant-eater)

anteater1668

pismire-eater1704

1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 26 Tamandua Guacu Brasiliensis... the great Ant-eater... Tamandua–i, i.e. the lesser Ant-eater.

1758 Monthly Rev. 19 237 The Little Ant-eater: this animal has been mentioned by Linnæus, but has, we believe, never before been delineated.

1792 W. Jones et al. Diss. & Misc. Pieces Asia II. 289 As to the scaly Lizard the scaled Armadillo, and the five-nailed Ant-eater, they are manifestly improper designations of this animal [sc. the pangolin]; which is neither a Lizard nor an Armadillo in the common acceptation.

1838 G. R. Waterhouse Catal. Mammalia Mus. Zool. Soc. (ed. 2) 62 Cape Anteater..Orycteropus Capensis.

1870 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David I. Ps. v. 9 Many human ant-eaters that with their long tongues covered with oily words entice and entrap the unwary.

1907 Consolidated Libr. XIII. 83 The Ant-Eaters are found chiefly in South America, where they make their homes along the banks of streams.

1957 San Mateo (Calif.) Times 31 Dec. 12/1 The Bronx Zoo in New York is proud but puzzled. It has an ant-eater, but no ants.

1986 D. Brewster in H. B. Bloom Doris Lessing 44 The conversation is interrupted by a deadly fight between the anteater and a beetle.

2002 Environmental Hist. 8 479 The pangolin—a scaly ant-eater that lives in neat burrows in the ground—does not sit at the top of the food chain.

2004 R. Dawkins Ancestor's Tale 74 Xenarthrans are an order of South American mammals, including sloths, anteaters and armadillos.

b. More fully spiny anteater. A spiny monotreme mammal of the family Tachyglossidae, found in Australia and New Guinea; an echidna; esp. (more fully porcupine anteater) the short-beaked echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus. Only T. aculeatus feeds largely on ants and termites, other species of the family feeding on a variety of invertebrates.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > [noun] > echidna

anteater1792

porcupine anteater1799

porcupine1803

spiny ant-eater1827

Echidna1847

1792 G. Shaw Vivarium Naturæ, or Naturalist's Misc. III. Pl. 109 The porcupine ant-eater... Specific character. Spiny ant-eater with very short tail.

1868 Chambers' Cycl. (at cited word) The Echidnæ of New Holland are sometimes called Porcupine Ant-Eaters from their food, and their similarity to the true ant-eaters in their sharp muzzle and extensile tongue.

1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. vi. 268 Myrmecobius, the living Australian Ant-eater.

1971 Sci. News 99 51/2 Movements of the anteater, which Griffiths calls Australia's most successful mammal, appear to be related to food supply.

2010 C. Striveldi Australia 25 Another name for the echidna is spiny anteater.

2. Any of various small New World birds that feed on ants. rare.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > [noun] > family Formicariidae (ant bird)

anteater1829

antbird1858

1829 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom VI. 403 The King of the Ant-eaters..is about the size of a quail, and its grey plumage is agreeably variegated.

1961 F. G. Cassidy Jamaica Talk 312 An insect-eating bird conspicuously striped—the black-and-white warbler—has acquired Jamaican names from these and other characteristics: ants-picker (also ants bird, ant bird, ant-eater).

1999 L. Beletsky Belize & N. Guatemala 362/1 Red-crowned Ant-tanager... Hormiguero Matorralero = thicket ant-eater. Habia rubica Tàngara-hormiguera Coronirroja = red-crowned ant-eater tanager... Hormiguero Matorralero = thicket ant-eater.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	anteater
释义	anteatern. Brit. /ˈantˌiːtə/, U.S. /ˈæn(t)ˌidər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ant n.¹, eater n. Etymology: < ant n.¹ + eater n. Compare German Ameisenfresser (1644 in sense 1a). With sense 1 compare earlier ant bear n. With sense 2 compare earlier ant-catcher n. at ant n.¹ Compounds 2 and ant-thrush n. 1. Any of several ant- and termite-eating mammals with extremely long, thin, retractable tongues. a. (a) A hairy mammal of the South American suborder Vermilingua (superorder Xenarthra, families Myrmecophagidae and Cyclopedidae), as the giant anteater, Myrmecophaga tridactyla; (b) (in full scaly anteater) the pangolin (genus Manis) of parts of Asia and Africa; (c) (in full Cape anteater) the aardvark, Orycteropus afer. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Edentata > [noun] > family Myrmecophagidae (ant-eater) anteater1668 pismire-eater1704 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 26 Tamandua Guacu Brasiliensis... the great Ant-eater... Tamandua–i, i.e. the lesser Ant-eater. 1758 Monthly Rev. 19 237 The Little Ant-eater: this animal has been mentioned by Linnæus, but has, we believe, never before been delineated. 1792 W. Jones et al. Diss. & Misc. Pieces Asia II. 289 As to the scaly Lizard the scaled Armadillo, and the five-nailed Ant-eater, they are manifestly improper designations of this animal [sc. the pangolin]; which is neither a Lizard nor an Armadillo in the common acceptation. 1838 G. R. Waterhouse Catal. Mammalia Mus. Zool. Soc. (ed. 2) 62 Cape Anteater..Orycteropus Capensis. 1870 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David I. Ps. v. 9 Many human ant-eaters that with their long tongues covered with oily words entice and entrap the unwary. 1907 Consolidated Libr. XIII. 83 The Ant-Eaters are found chiefly in South America, where they make their homes along the banks of streams. 1957 San Mateo (Calif.) Times 31 Dec. 12/1 The Bronx Zoo in New York is proud but puzzled. It has an ant-eater, but no ants. 1986 D. Brewster in H. B. Bloom Doris Lessing 44 The conversation is interrupted by a deadly fight between the anteater and a beetle. 2002 Environmental Hist. 8 479 The pangolin—a scaly ant-eater that lives in neat burrows in the ground—does not sit at the top of the food chain. 2004 R. Dawkins Ancestor's Tale 74 Xenarthrans are an order of South American mammals, including sloths, anteaters and armadillos. b. More fully spiny anteater. A spiny monotreme mammal of the family Tachyglossidae, found in Australia and New Guinea; an echidna; esp. (more fully porcupine anteater) the short-beaked echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus. Only T. aculeatus feeds largely on ants and termites, other species of the family feeding on a variety of invertebrates. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > [noun] > echidna anteater1792 porcupine anteater1799 porcupine1803 spiny ant-eater1827 Echidna1847 1792 G. Shaw Vivarium Naturæ, or Naturalist's Misc. III. Pl. 109 The porcupine ant-eater... Specific character. Spiny ant-eater with very short tail. 1868 Chambers' Cycl. (at cited word) The Echidnæ of New Holland are sometimes called Porcupine Ant-Eaters from their food, and their similarity to the true ant-eaters in their sharp muzzle and extensile tongue. 1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. vi. 268 Myrmecobius, the living Australian Ant-eater. 1971 Sci. News 99 51/2 Movements of the anteater, which Griffiths calls Australia's most successful mammal, appear to be related to food supply. 2010 C. Striveldi Australia 25 Another name for the echidna is spiny anteater. 2. Any of various small New World birds that feed on ants. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > [noun] > family Formicariidae (ant bird) anteater1829 antbird1858 1829 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom VI. 403 The King of the Ant-eaters..is about the size of a quail, and its grey plumage is agreeably variegated. 1961 F. G. Cassidy Jamaica Talk 312 An insect-eating bird conspicuously striped—the black-and-white warbler—has acquired Jamaican names from these and other characteristics: ants-picker (also ants bird, ant bird, ant-eater). 1999 L. Beletsky Belize & N. Guatemala 362/1 Red-crowned Ant-tanager... Hormiguero Matorralero = thicket ant-eater. Habia rubica Tàngara-hormiguera Coronirroja = red-crowned ant-eater tanager... Hormiguero Matorralero = thicket ant-eater. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1668
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