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Anteater
noun 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. Synonyms: pangolin, scaly anteater. 2.Any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites. Synonym: New World anteater. 3.Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata. Synonyms: aardvark, ant bear, Orycteropus afer. 5.A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea. Synonyms: echidna, spiny anteater. 6.A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia. Synonyms: echidna, spiny anteater.
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