anteater

anteater

名词 anteater:

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

同义词：pangolin, scaly anteater

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

同义词：New World anteater

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

同义词：aardvark, ant bear, Orycteropus afer

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

同义词：numbat, banded anteater, Myrmecobius fasciatus

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

同义词：echidna, spiny anteater

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

同义词：echidna, spiny anteater