anteater English

Meaning anteater meaning

What does anteater mean?

anteater

— noun (= pangolin) toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites

— noun any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites

— noun (= aardvark) nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata

— noun (= echidna) a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia

— noun (= echidna) a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea

— noun (= numbat) small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct

Synonyms anteater synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as anteater?

anteater English » English

pangolin

antbear

ant bear

aardvark

spiny anteater

echidna

earth pig

ant-bear

aard-vark

African anteater

scaly anteater

numbat

banded anteater

Orycteropus afer

New World anteater

Myrmecobius fasciatus

Echidna

thermal water

tamanoir

spring

porcupine

great anteater

giant anteater

Tachyglossus

Topics anteater topics

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Universe, creation Animal Types of animals Mammal

Anteater, aardvark

• What species of anteaters are there?
  anteater sloth armadillo
• What species of pangolin are there?
  pangolin scaly anteater
• What species of mammals lay eggs?
  duckbill platypus spiny anteater