anteaters

Meanings

• toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites
• any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
• nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
• small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct
• a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea
• a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia

Synonyms

• pangolin
• scaly anteater
• anteater
• New World anteater
• aardvark
• ant bear
• Orycteropus afer
• numbat
• banded anteater
• Myrmecobius fasciatus
• echidna
• spiny anteater

Scrabble Score: 9

anteaters is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

anteaters is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

anteaters is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

anteaters is a valid Words With Friends word

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