[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ant-eater \ant"-eat`er\, n. zool.
   one of several species of edentates and monotremes that feed
   upon ants. see ant-bear, pangolin, aard-vark, and
   echidna.
   1913 webster
see also:
ant-bear pangolin aard-vark echidna 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

anteater
     n 1: toothless mammal of southern africa and asia having a body
          covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding
          on ants and termites syn: pangolin, scaly anteater
     2: any of several tropical american mammals of the family
        myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and
        termites syn: new world anteater
     3: nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of africa that
        feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order
        tubulidentata syn: aardvark, ant bear, orycteropus
        afer
     4: small australian marsupial having long snout and strong
        claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct syn: numbat,
         banded anteater, myrmecobius fasciatus
     5: new guinea echidnas syn: echidna, spiny anteater
     6: burrowing spine-covered monotreme of australia having a long
        snout and claws for hunting ants and termites syn: echidna,
         spiny anteater
see also:
pangolin scaly anteater new world anteater aardvark ant bear orycteropus afer 
numbat banded anteater myrmecobius fasciatus echidna spiny anteater 

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