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anteater (iou)



anteater noun. M18.
[from ANT noun + EATER.]
Any of a number of edentate mammals constituting the neotropical family Myrmecophagidae, having long, sticky, threadlike tongues and feeding chiefly on ants and termites. Also (popularly) any of certain other insectivorous mammals (see below).
banded anteater = NUMBAT. Cape anteater = AARDVARK. giant anteater = TAMANOIR. scaly anteater = PANGOLIN. spiny anteater = ECHIDNA.