Definitions For Anteater

noun

• 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
• Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
• Any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
• Toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites
• An animal that has a very long nose and tongue and eats ants