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Noun: anteater 'ant`eetu(r)- 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 - Any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
- New World 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 - Small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct
- numbat, banded anteater, Myrmecobius fasciatus - 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 - 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
Derived forms: anteaters Type of: dasyurid, dasyurid marsupial, edentate, egg-laying mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal, monotreme, placental, placental mammal Part of: family Myrmecophagidae, genus Manis, genus Myrmecobius, genus Orycteropus, genus Tachyglossus, genus Zaglossus, Manis, Myrmecobius, Myrmecophagidae, Orycteropus, Tachyglossus, Zaglossus Encyclopedia: Anteater |