anteater
pronunciation
How to pronounce anteater in British English:
UK [ˈænti:tə(r)]
How to pronounce anteater in American English:
US [ˈæntˌitɚ]
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- 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
- any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
- nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
- small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct
- New Guinea echidnas
- burrowing spine-covered monotreme of Australia having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites
Word Origin
- anteater (n.)
- also ant-eater, 1764, in reference to the South American species; 1868 of the Australian echidna; from ant + agent noun from eat (v.).
Example
- 1. Aunt edith 's anteater ate aunt edith 's ants .
- 2. Aging anteater attacks an army of ants .
- 3. A special animal of latin america : anteater .
- 4. You are an ant . Convince an anteater to not eat you .
- 5. Does anyone have any idea what the banded anteater prefers to feed on ?