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Meanings of anteater in English
Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata.
Small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct.
Toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites.
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Examples for "pangolin"
Examples for "pangolin"
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Southern Africa remains the only region with a reasonably healthy pangolin population.
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All 4 species of African pangolin are listed as critically endangered.
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Food stalls in the market openly advertise dishes of pangolin or black bear.
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The Guardian has twice exposed restaurants that illegally sell pangolin.
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A man in Limpopo was arrested after being found in possession of a live pangolin.
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The pangolin is also called the scaly anteater.
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The scaly anteater has been blamed for spreading the coronavirus from bats to humans by researchers at South China Agricultural University.
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Then they pointed to snakes, bats and even a cute little scaly anteater called a pangolin as the source of the virus.
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Pangolins, or scaly anteaters, are meant to be a protected species in Indonesia.
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Cetacea (whales) and Edentata (armadilloes, scaly anteaters, &c.), that these are likewise the most abnormal in their teeth.
Usage of anteater in English
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The anteater can suck up water and be used as a watering can.
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A sort of anteater called a tamandua uses the ex-burrow as a nursery.
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Snuffy is Petra's stuffed anteater, which she sleeps with each night.
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They've got the mug of an anteater and the spines of a porcupine.
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Twin heads, each with a matching anteater proboscis, presumably once drills.
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He had a fat anteater's tail, and a silly little Hercule Poirot moustache.
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He hissed his imitation of a hunting fire cat and the anteater jumped, startled.
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All I could think to say was: "Isn't that a kind of anteater?"
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The anteater arrived with a broken left paw after a clash with a fierce porcupine.
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An anteater arrived with a broken left paw after a clash with a fierce porcupine.
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The creature's snout was long and curved like an anteater's-onlyanteaters don't have razor-sharpteeth.
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The village is named after a type of anteater, a large mammal in danger of extinction.
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The pangolin is also called the scaly anteater.
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At the end of the sixties no zoological garden contained a specimen of the South African anteater.
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There, you'll find neither llama nor anteater.
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Yes, it really did remind her of an anteater or an armadillo with that small, smooth head.
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