anteater
Any of several animals of South and Central America, in the suborder Vermilingua,…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).
» Aardvarks are normally confused with anteaters.
Meaning
3 sensesAny 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).
Ameisenbär
муравье́дmuravʹjéd
мурахої́дmuraxojíd
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).
(derogatory, humorous, slang)An uncircumcised penis.
- any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
- a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia
- a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea
- small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct
Examples
8 sentencesAardvarks are normally confused with anteaters.
Armadillos are related to anteaters and sloths.
Tamanduas are a species of arboreal anteaters.
ruТамандуа - разновидность древесных муравьедов.
Pleased to meet you. I am an anteater.
ruРад с вами познакомиться, я муравьед.
deFreut mich, dich kennenzulernen. Ich bin ein Ameisenesser.
The anteater eats many ants.
ruМуравьед съедает много муравьёв.
Translations
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Origin
From ant + eater, from their typical diet.From ant + eater, from their typical diet.
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Forms
plural: anteatersSynonyms
11 synonyms- any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites:New World anteater
- a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia:echidnaspiny anteater
- a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea:echidnaspiny anteater
- small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct:numbatbanded anteaterMyrmecobius fasciatus
- nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata:aardvarkant bearOrycteropus afer
- toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites:pangolinscaly anteater