anteater

noun

1. 1

   a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia

2. 2

   a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea

3. 3

   small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct

4. 4

   nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata

5. 5

   any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites

6. 6

   toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites