Ant-eater

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}]