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anteater
[ ant-ee-ter ]
noun
- any of several mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae, having a long, tapered snout, extensile tongue, and powerful front claws and feeding chiefly on ants and termites. Compare giant anteater, silky anteater, tamandua.
- the aardvark.
- a pangolin.
- an echidna.
anteater
/ ˈæntˌiːtə /
noun
- any toothless edentate mammal of the family Myrmecophagidae of Central and South America, esp Myrmecophaga tridactyla (or jubata ) ( giant anteater ), having a long tubular snout used for eating termites See also tamandua
- scaly anteateranother name for pangolin
- spiny anteateranother name for echidna
- banded anteateranother name for numbat
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Word History and Origins
Origin of anteater1
First recorded in 1755–65; ant + eat ( def )
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Example Sentences
Other animals, such as anteaters and opossums, also have been infected.
For good measure, they also threw in a coronavirus found in a scaly anteater known as a pangolin.
Researchers have documented that the virus can infect 51 species, including apes and monkeys, and other animals including anteaters, porcupines and opossums.
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The team compared these with samples from living sloths, anteaters and other modern omnivores.
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