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Meaning of anteater
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
anteater
n 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 [syn: {pangolin}, {scaly anteater},
{anteater}]
2: any of several tropical American mammals of the family
Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and
termites [syn: {anteater}, {New World anteater}]
3: nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that
feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order
Tubulidentata [syn: {aardvark}, {ant bear}, {anteater},
{Orycteropus afer}]
4: small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws
for feeding on termites; nearly extinct [syn: {numbat},
{banded anteater}, {anteater}, {Myrmecobius fasciatus}]
5: a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a
long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to
New Guinea [syn: {echidna}, {spiny anteater}, {anteater}]
6: a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a
long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to
Australia [syn: {echidna}, {spiny anteater}, {anteater}]
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