anteater
(noun)
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
Similar word(s): pangolin
Definition categories: animal, eutherian, placental
2. any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
Definition categories: animal, edentate
3. nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
Similar word(s): aardvark
Definition categories: animal, eutherian, placental
4. small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct
Similar word(s): numbat
Definition categories: animal, dasyurid
5. a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea
Similar word(s): echidna
Definition categories: animal, monotreme
6. a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia
Similar word(s): echidna