Anteater Synonyms

ăntētər
A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. echidna
  2. spiny-anteater
Small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. pangolin
  2. numbat
  3. banded-anteater
  4. myrmecobius-fasciatus
  5. scaly-anteater
Any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. New World anteater
Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. aardvark
  2. ant-bear
  3. Orycteropus afer

Words Related to Anteater

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. capybara
  2. aardwolf
  3. tamandua
  4. peccaries
  5. white-nosed
  6. sitatunga
  7. tapirs

Anteater Sentence Examples

  • Synopsis A pangolin is an obscure species of scaly anteater.

  • The anteater's snout might be different in shape but has the SAM 3 on's.

  • The name scaly anteater is applied to the pangolin; the banded anteater (Myrmecobius fasciatus) is a marsupial, and the spiny anteater (Echidna) is one of the monotremes (see Marsupialia and Monotremata).

  • They had six legs with little pads for feet instead of toes and claws, a delicate snout not quite the length of an anteater's lined with fine hairs and tiny teeth used to vacuum up mold, dust, and dirt that was its main food source, and an odd habit of climbing walls with hidden suckers in its padded feet.

  • Emas National Park in Brazil presents excellent wildlife viewing opportunities and remains a stronghold of the seldom seen maned wolf and giant anteater.

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