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