Anteater Meaning

There are 6 meaning(s) for word Anteater

Meaning 1 : 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
Meaning 2 : small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct

    Synonyms : banded anteater,  myrmecobius fasciatus,  numbat
Meaning 3 : 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
Meaning 4 : 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
Meaning 5 : 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
Meaning 6 : any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites

    Synonyms : new world anteater


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