Noun has 6 senses

• anteater(n = noun.animal) pangolin, scaly anteater - toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites;



• anteater(n = noun.animal) new world anteater - any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites;




• anteater(n = noun.animal) aardvark, ant bear, orycteropus afer - nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata;



• anteater(n = noun.animal) banded anteater, myrmecobius fasciatus, numbat - small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct;



• anteater(n = noun.animal) echidna, spiny anteater - a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea;



• anteater(n = noun.animal) echidna, spiny anteater - a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia;