Noun
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
giant anteater ,
great anteater ,
myrmecophaga jubata ,
tamanoir ,
ant bear 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
anteater -
small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct
numbat ,
banded anteater ,
Myrmecobius fasciatus
dasyurid ,
dasyurid marsupial small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania
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
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
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
anteater -
nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
aardvark ,
ant bear ,
Orycteropus afer
eutherian ,
eutherian mammal ,
placental ,
placental mammal mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials