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
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[ noun ] (zoology) New Guinea echidnas
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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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[ 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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