Definition of Anteater

1. 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.

Exact synonyms: Pangolin, Scaly Anteater
Generic synonyms: Eutherian, Eutherian Mammal, Placental, Placental Mammal
Group relationships: Genus Manis, Manis

2. Noun. Any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites.

3. Noun. Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata.

4. Noun. Small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct.

5. Noun. A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea.
Exact synonyms: Echidna, Spiny Anteater
Generic synonyms: Egg-laying Mammal, Monotreme
Group relationships: Genus Zaglossus, Zaglossus

6. Noun. A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia.
Exact synonyms: Echidna, Spiny Anteater
Generic synonyms: Egg-laying Mammal, Monotreme
Group relationships: Genus Tachyglossus, Tachyglossus

Definition of Anteater

1. n. One of several species of edentates and monotremes that feed upon ants. See Ant-bear, Pangolin, Aard-vark, and Echidna.

Definition of Anteater

1. any of several mammals that feed on ants [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anteater

Antares
antars
antarthritic
antas
antasthenic
antasthmatic
antatrophic
antazoline
antazoline hydrochloride
antbear
antbears
antbird
antbirds
ante
ante-
anteater (current term)
anteaters
antebellum
antebrachial
antebrachial fascia
antebrachial flexor retinaculum
antebrachium
antecardium
antecede
anteceded
antecedence
antecedence
antecedences
antecedency
antecedent

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