anteater

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anteater (plural anteaters)

1. Any of several animals, in suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues.
2. A common term used of some other unrelated species that feed with ants, including pangolin ("scaly anteater"), echidna ("spiny anteater"), aardvark and numbat ("banded anteater").

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banded anteater collared anteater giant anteater lesser anteater

scaly anteater silky anteater spiny anteater

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• Appendix:Animals