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Anteater   /ˈæntˌitər/   Listen
Anteater

noun
1.
Toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites.  Synonyms: pangolin, scaly anteater.
2.
Any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites.  Synonym: New World anteater.
3.
Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata.  Synonyms: aardvark, ant bear, Orycteropus afer.
4.
Small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct.  Synonyms: banded anteater, Myrmecobius fasciatus, numbat.
5.
A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea.  Synonyms: echidna, spiny anteater.
6.
A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia.  Synonyms: echidna, spiny anteater.



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"Anteater" Quotes from Famous Books



... genuine in its gross way that it has been acquired in the course of professional training, and is valued as a professional asset. But his supernaturalism at its best is devoid of spiritual quality. His "spiritual facts" are collections of miraculous coincidences raked together by the anteater's tongue of a cool egoist, ...
— Robert Browning • C. H. Herford



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