单词 | anteater |
释义 | anteater[ ant-ee-ter ] / ˈæntˌi tər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR anteater ON THESAURUS.COM nounany of several mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae, having a long, tapered snout, extensile tongue, and powerful front claws and feeding chiefly on ants and termites.Compare giant anteater, silky anteater, tamandua. the aardvark. a pangolin. an echidna. banded anteater. Origin of anteaterFirst recorded in 1755–65; ant + eater Words nearby anteaterantatrophic, ant bear, antbird, ant cow, ante, anteater, antebellum, antecede, antecedence, antecedency, antecedent Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for anteateranteater / (ˈæntˌiːtə) / nounany toothless edentate mammal of the family Myrmecophagidae of Central and South America, esp Myrmecophaga tridactyla (or jubata) (giant anteater), having a long tubular snout used for eating termitesSee also tamandua scaly anteater another name for pangolin spiny anteater another name for echidna banded anteater another name for numbat Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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