2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Ant-eater \Ant"-eat`er\, n. (Zool.) One of several species of edentates and monotremes that feed upon ants. See {Ant-bear}, {Pangolin}, {Aard-vark}, and {Echidna}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: anteater n 1: toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites [syn: {pangolin}, {scaly anteater}] 2: any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites [syn: {New World anteater}] 3: nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata [syn: {aardvark}, {ant bear}, {Orycteropus afer}] 4: small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct [syn: {numbat}, {banded anteater}, {Myrmecobius fasciatus}] 5: New Guinea echidnas [syn: {echidna}, {spiny anteater}] 6: burrowing spine-covered monotreme of Australia having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites [syn: {echidna}, {spiny anteater}]
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