anteater
Seed from Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025
Meanings by context
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- definition toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites
- definition any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
- definition nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
- definition small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct
- definition a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea
- definition a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia