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anteater
[ ant-ee-ter ]
noun
- 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.
- the aardvark.
- a pangolin.
- an echidna.
anteater
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noun
- 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 See also tamandua
- scaly anteateranother name for pangolin
- spiny anteateranother name for echidna
- banded anteateranother name for numbat
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of anteater1
First recorded in 1755–65; ant + eat ( def )
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Extant animals like giant armadillos and giant anteaters, related to Darwin’s ancient giant sloths, have experienced similar pressures.
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A tamandua, or collared anteater, with prizefighter arms and curved claws that break open termite mounds, tried to ignore a car full of onlookers.
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Despite often being compared to pigs and South American anteater, aardvarks are not related to them.
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Threatened pangolins, known as armored anteaters, scramble along branches.
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Pangolins—also called scaly anteaters—are the only mammals with reptilelike scales, which grow from modified hair follicles.
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