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anteater

/'ænt,itər/

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noun
a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea
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echidna spiny anteater

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monotreme egg-laying mammal
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small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct
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banded anteater myrmecobius fasciatus numbat

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dasyurid marsupial dasyurid
noun
a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia
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echidna spiny anteater

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egg-laying mammal monotreme
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nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
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aardvark ant bear orycteropus afer

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placental mammal eutherian placental eutherian mammal
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toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites
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pangolin scaly anteater

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placental eutherian mammal eutherian placental mammal
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any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
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new world anteater

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edentate

Definition that contains anteater

cyclopes only the silky anteater
ant bear large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America
myrmecophagidae New World anteaters
family dasyurinae dasyures; native cats; pouched mice; banded anteaters; Tasmanian devils
tamandu small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America
tamandua tetradactyla small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America
lesser anteater small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America
cyclopes didactylus squirrel-sized South American toothless anteater with long silky golden fur
order edentata order of mammals having few or no teeth including: New World anteaters; sloths; armadillos
family myrmecophagidae New World anteaters