anteater - Meaning in Kannada

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anteater - Meaning in Kannada

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Definitions and Meaning of anteater in English

anteater noun

1. a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia

   Synonyms

   echidna, echidna, spiny anteater

   ಎಕಿಡ್ನ

2. a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea

   Synonyms

   echidna, echidna, spiny anteater

   ಎಕಿಡ್ನ, ...Subscribe

3. small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct

   Synonyms

   Myrmecobius fasciatus, banded anteater, numbat

4. nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata

   Synonyms

   Orycteropus afer, aardvark, ant bear

5. any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites

   Synonyms

   New World anteater

6. toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites

   Synonyms

   pangolin, scaly anteater

Description

Anteaters are the four extant mammal species in the suborder Vermilingua, commonly known for eating ants and termites. The individual species have other names in English and other languages. Together with sloths, they are within the order Pilosa. The name "anteater" is also commonly applied to the unrelated aardvark, numbat, echidnas, and pangolins, although they are not closely related to them.

Also see "Anteater" on Wikipedia

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