anteater
英 ['æntiːtə]
美['æntitɚ]
- n. 食蚁兽
英英释意
- 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
- 2. any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
- 3. nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
- 4. small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct
- 5. New Guinea echidnas
- 6. burrowing spine-covered monotreme of Australia having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites