ANTEATER
Definition of ANTEATER
- (noun)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)nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
- (noun)small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct
- (noun)a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea
- (noun)a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia