ant|eat|er

ant|eat|er
ant|eat|er «ANT EE tuhr», noun.
1. an animal with a long, sticky tongue, that eats ants and termites, such as the ant bear (great anteater) and the tamandua. Anteaters have no teeth but use their very long claws to dig into ant hills. They have long, slender heads and snouts. Their threadlike tongues are thrust into the nests of ants and then pulled back into the mouth covered with ants.
2. any of the pangolins (scaly anteaters).
3. = echidna. (Cf.echidna)
4. = aardvark. (Cf.aardvark)

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