anteaters

Meanings

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
• 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
• plural of anteater

Synonyms

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