anteater has definitions from the field of zoology
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[ noun ] (zoology) toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites

Used in print

(Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)

Did an anteater want ants ?

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placental Manis

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[ noun ] (zoology) New Guinea echidnas

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monotreme Zaglossus

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[ noun ] (zoology) nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata

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placental Orycteropus

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[ noun ] (zoology) any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
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[ noun ] (zoology) small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct
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[ noun ] (zoology) burrowing spine-covered monotreme of Australia having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites

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monotreme Tachyglossus

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