ALL meanings of anteater
ant·eat·er
A a - countable noun anteater An anteater is an animal with a long nose that eats termites or ants. Anteaters live in warm countries. 3
- noun anteater any toothless edentate mammal of the family Myrmecophagidae of Central and South America, esp Myrmecophaga tridactyla (or jubata) (giant anteater), having a long tubular snout used for eating termites 3
- noun anteater any of several mammals of various orders that feed mainly on ants, as the pangolins, echidnas, and esp. ant bears: anteaters have a long, sticky tongue and a long snout 3
- noun anteater A mammal that feeds on ants and termites. It has a long snout and sticky tongue. 1
- noun anteater animal: mammal 1
- noun anteater any of several mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae, having a long, tapered snout, extensile tongue, and powerful front claws and feeding chiefly on ants and termites. Compare giant anteater, silky anteater, tamandua. 1
- noun anteater the aardvark. 1
- noun anteater a pangolin. 1
- noun anteater an echidna. 1
- noun anteater banded anteater. 1
- noun anteater Any of several animals, in suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues. 0
- noun anteater A common term used of some other unrelated species that feed with ants, including pangolin (scaly anteater), echidna (spiny anteater), aardvark and numbat (banded anteater). 0