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ant·eat·er

(ănt′ē′tər)

1. Any of several Central and South American mammals of the suborder Vermilingua that lack teeth and feed on ants and termites, especially the giant anteater.

2. Any of several other animals, including the echidna, aardvark, and pangolin, that feed on ants.

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anteater

(ˈæntˌiːtə)

1. (Animals) any toothless edentate mammal of the family Myrmecophagidae of Central and South America, esp Myrmecophaga tridactyla (or jubata) (giant anteater), having a long tubular snout used for eating termites. See also tamandua

2. (Animals) scaly anteater another name for pangolin

3. (Animals) spiny anteater another name for echidna

4. (Animals) banded anteater another name for numbat

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ant•eat•er

(ˈæntˌi tər)

n.

1. any of several tropical New World edentate mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae, having a long snout, a sticky extensile tongue, and strong claws, and feeding on ants and termites.

2. any of various other, unrelated mammals having similar adaptations for feeding on ants and termites, as the aardvark, echidna, numbat, and pangolin.

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Noun	1.	anteater - 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 eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal - mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials genus Manis, Manis - type genus of the Manidae
	2.	anteater - any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites New World anteater edentate - primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America family Myrmecophagidae, Myrmecophagidae - New World anteaters ant bear, giant anteater, great anteater, Myrmecophaga jubata, tamanoir - large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America Cyclopes didactylus, silky anteater, two-toed anteater - squirrel-sized South American toothless anteater with long silky golden fur lesser anteater, tamandu, tamandua, Tamandua tetradactyla - small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America
	3.	anteater - nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata aardvark, Orycteropus afer, ant bear eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal - mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials genus Orycteropus, Orycteropus - coextensive with the family Orycteropodidae
	4.	anteater - small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct banded anteater, Myrmecobius fasciatus, numbat dasyurid, dasyurid marsupial - small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania genus Myrmecobius, Myrmecobius - banded anteater
	5.	anteater - 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 egg-laying mammal, monotreme - the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria genus Zaglossus, Zaglossus - a genus of Tachyglossidae
	6.	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 egg-laying mammal, monotreme - the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria genus Tachyglossus, Tachyglossus - type genus of the family Tachyglossidae

anteater

Anteaters and other edentates

aardvark, anteater, armadillo, echidna or spiny anteater, numbat or banded anteater, pangolin or scaly anteater, sloth or ai, tamandu, tamandua, or lesser anteater

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Translations

mravenečník

myresluger

Ameisenbär

oso hormiguero

sipelgaõgija

muurahaiskarhu

fourmilier

mravojed

hangyász

mrówkojad

furnicar

kihararaloma

karıncayiyen

мурахоїд

anteater

[ˈæntˌiːtəʳ] N (Zool) → oso m hormiguero

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anteater

[ˈæntiːtə^r] n → fourmilier m, tamanoir m

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anteater

n → Ameisenbär m, → Ameisenfresser m

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anteater

[ˈæntˌiːtəʳ] n → formichiere m

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