Anteater synonyms

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echidna
(Greek mythology) A female monster who, along with Typhon, mothered the vast majority of the famous monsters and creatures of Greek mythology.
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numbat
Any of a family (Myrmecobiidae) of small, timid Australian marsupials that have no pouch
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ant-bear
The giant anteater.
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spiny-anteater
(Zoology) A common name for echidna.
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banded-anteater
(Zoology) A former common name for numbat. The term is a misnomer, the animal is not related to anteaters.
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myrmecobius-fasciatus
A taxonomic species within the family Myrmecobiidae — numbat.
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aardvark
A burrowing mammal (Orycteropus afer) of sub-Saharan Africa, having a stocky body, large ears, a long tubular snout, and powerful digging claws for feeding on ants and termites.
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Orycteropus afer
nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
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New World anteater
any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
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pangolin
The scaly anteater; any of several long-tailed, scale-covered mammals of the order Pholidota of tropical Africa and Asia, the sole extant genus of which is Manis.
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scaly-anteater
Any of several species of pangolin.
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Find another word for anteater. In this page you can discover 11 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for anteater, like: echidna, numbat, ant-bear, spiny-anteater, banded-anteater, myrmecobius-fasciatus, aardvark, Orycteropus afer, New World anteater, pangolin and scaly-anteater.

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