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Anteater

[n] burrowing spine-covered monotreme of Australia having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites
[n] New Guinea echidnas
[n] small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct
[n] nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
[n] any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
[n] toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites


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