(n) nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata, Syn. anteater, ant bear, Orycteropus afer
(n) a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea, Syn. spiny anteater, anteater
(n) a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia, Syn. spiny anteater, anteater
(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, Syn. anteater, scaly anteater
(n) small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America, Syn. Tamandua tetradactyla, tamandu, lesser anteater