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anteater
noun(ant-eat-er)any of several mammals that feed largely or entirely on ants or termites: such as
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noun(ant-eat-er)any of a family (Myrmecophagidae) of New World edentates with a long narrow snout, a long tongue, and large salivary glands that includes the giant anteater and tamandua
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noun(ant-eat-er)pangolin
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noun(ant-eat-er)a large bushy-tailed anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) of Central and South America
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noun(ant-eat-er)pangolin
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noun(ant-eat-er)echidna
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noun(ant-eat-er)any of a family (Manidae of the order Pholidota) of Asian and African toothless mammals having the body covered dorsally with large imbricated horny scales —called also scaly anteater