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anteater

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See also: ant-eater

English

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Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)
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Etymology

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From ant +‎ eater.

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Noun

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anteater (plural anteaters)

  1. Any of several animals of South and Central America, in the suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues, including giant anteater and lesser anteater (also known as collared anteater).
  2. Any of some other not closely related species that feed with ants, including pangolin (scaly anteater), echidna (spiny anteater), aardvark (African anteater) and numbat (banded anteater).
  3. (slang) An uncircumcised penis.

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