Colloquial Variant guide
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noun
Any of several animals of South and Central America, in the suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues, including giant anteater and lesser anteater (also known as collared anteater).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any of some other not closely related species that feed with ants, including pangolin (scaly anteater), echidna (spiny anteater), aardvark (African anteater) and numbat (banded anteater).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An uncircumcised penis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, humorous, slang
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noun
a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: echidna, spiny anteater
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: monotreme, egg-laying mammal
noun
a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: echidna, spiny anteater
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: monotreme, egg-laying mammal
noun
small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: numbat, banded anteater, Myrmecobius fasciatus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dasyurid marsupial, dasyurid
noun
nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: aardvark, ant bear, Orycteropus afer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal
noun
any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: New World anteater
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Broader terms: edentate
Narrower terms: ant bear, giant anteater, great anteater, tamanoir, Myrmecophaga jubata, silky anteater, two-toed anteater, Cyclopes didactylus, tamandua, tamandu, lesser anteater, Tamandua tetradactyla
noun
toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pangolin, scaly anteater
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal
History
From ant + eater, from their typical diet.
Across languages
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