anteater
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An anteater.
See also: ant-eater
English
Etymology
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Noun
anteater (plural anteaters)
- Any of several animals of South and Central America, in suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues.
- Any of some other not closely related species that feed with ants, including pangolin (scaly anteater), echidna (spiny anteater), aardvark and numbat (banded anteater).
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