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anteater
     n 1: toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body
          covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding
          on ants and termites [syn: {pangolin}, {scaly anteater}]
     2: any of several tropical American mammals of the family
        Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and
        termites [syn: {New World anteater}]
     3: nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that
        feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order
        Tubulidentata [syn: {aardvark}, {ant bear}, {Orycteropus
        afer}]
     4: small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong
        claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct [syn: {numbat},
         {banded anteater}, {Myrmecobius fasciatus}]
     5: New Guinea echidnas [syn: {echidna}, {spiny anteater}]
     6: burrowing spine-covered monotreme of Australia having a long
        snout and claws for hunting ants and termites [syn: {echidna},
         {spiny anteater}]