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Anteater

//ˈæntˌiːtə// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several animals of South and Central America, in the suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues, including giant anteater and lesser anteater (also known as collared anteater).
  2. 2
    a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of some other not closely related species that feed with ants, including pangolin (scaly anteater), echidna (spiny anteater), aardvark (African anteater) and numbat (banded anteater).
  4. 4
    a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea wordnet
  5. 5
    An uncircumcised penis. slang
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  1. 6
    small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct wordnet
  2. 7
    nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata wordnet
  3. 8
    any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites wordnet
  4. 9
    toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites wordnet

Etymology

From ant + eater.

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