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Meanings of anteater in English

Russian
vermilingua
Portuguese
vermilingua
Spanish
vermilingua
Catalan
os formiguer
Wikidata

Mammals known for eating ants and termites.

        Related terms
        vermilingua
        Portuguese
        timbo
        Catalan
        ós formiguer
        Spanish
        oso hormiguero

        Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata.

              timbo
              No examples available for any of the synonyms
              Portuguese
              numbat
              Catalan
              numbat
              Spanish
              myrmecobius fasciatus

              Small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct.

                    numbat
                    Portuguese
                    tamanduá
                    Catalan
                    pangolí

                    Toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites.

                          tamanduá
                          Usage of anteater in English
                          1
                          The anteater can suck up water and be used as a watering can.
                          Wired
                          2
                          A sort of anteater called a tamandua uses the ex-burrow as a nursery.
                          The Guardian
                          3
                          Snuffy is Petra's stuffed anteater, which she sleeps with each night.
                          The weight of silence
                          4
                          They've got the mug of an anteater and the spines of a porcupine.
                          Wired
                          5
                          Twin heads, each with a matching anteater proboscis, presumably once drills.
                          The Guardian
                          6
                          He had a fat anteater's tail, and a silly little Hercule Poirot moustache.
                          Johannes cabal the necromancer
                          7
                          He hissed his imitation of a hunting fire cat and the anteater jumped, startled.
                          Blood and Bone
                          8
                          All I could think to say was: "Isn't that a kind of anteater?"
                          The Lightning Thief
                          9
                          The anteater arrived with a broken left paw after a clash with a fierce porcupine.
                          Reuters
                          10
                          An anteater arrived with a broken left paw after a clash with a fierce porcupine.
                          Reuters
                          11
                          The creature's snout was long and curved like an anteater's-onlyanteaters don't have razor-sharpteeth.
                          The red pyramid
                          12
                          The village is named after a type of anteater, a large mammal in danger of extinction.
                          Reuters
                          13
                          The pangolin is also called the scaly anteater.
                          Bare Bones
                          14
                          At the end of the sixties no zoological garden contained a specimen of the South African anteater.
                          Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer
                          15
                          There, you'll find neither llama nor anteater.
                          The Elephant Vanishes
                          16
                          Yes, it really did remind her of an anteater or an armadillo with that small, smooth head.
                          Glasslands