anteater : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: anteater	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for anteater
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
anteater n toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites Synonym(s): pangolin, scaly anteater, anteater any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites Synonym(s): anteater, New World anteater nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata Synonym(s): aardvark, ant bear, anteater, Orycteropus afer small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct Synonym(s): numbat, banded anteater, anteater, Myrmecobius fasciatus a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea Synonym(s): echidna, spiny anteater, anteater a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia Synonym(s): echidna, spiny anteater, anteater
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ant-eater \Ant"-eat`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.) One of several species of edentates and monotremes that feed upon ants. See {Ant-bear}, {Pangolin}, {Aard-vark}, and {Echidna}.