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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
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.
Exact synonyms: New World Anteater
Generic synonyms: Edentate
Group relationships: Family Myrmecophagidae, Myrmecophagidae
Specialized synonyms: Ant Bear, Giant Anteater, Great Anteater, Myrmecophaga Jubata, Tamanoir, Cyclopes Didactylus, Silky Anteater, Two-toed Anteater, Lesser Anteater, Tamandu, Tamandua, Tamandua Tetradactyla
Generic synonyms: Edentate
Group relationships: Family Myrmecophagidae, Myrmecophagidae
Specialized synonyms: Ant Bear, Giant Anteater, Great Anteater, Myrmecophaga Jubata, Tamanoir, Cyclopes Didactylus, Silky Anteater, Two-toed Anteater, Lesser Anteater, Tamandu, Tamandua, Tamandua Tetradactyla
3. Noun. Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata.
Exact synonyms: Aardvark, Ant Bear, Orycteropus Afer
Generic synonyms: Eutherian, Eutherian Mammal, Placental, Placental Mammal
Group relationships: Genus Orycteropus, Orycteropus
Generic synonyms: Eutherian, Eutherian Mammal, Placental, Placental Mammal
Group relationships: Genus Orycteropus, Orycteropus
4. Noun. Small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct.
Exact synonyms: Banded Anteater, Myrmecobius Fasciatus, Numbat
Generic synonyms: Dasyurid, Dasyurid Marsupial
Group relationships: Genus Myrmecobius, Myrmecobius
Generic synonyms: Dasyurid, Dasyurid Marsupial
Group relationships: Genus Myrmecobius, Myrmecobius
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
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
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
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