Definitions for anteater
anteater
ant·eat·er
Spelling: [ant-ee-ter]
IPA: /ˈæntˌi tər/
Anteater is a 8 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.
You can make 156 anagrams from letters in anteater (aaeenrtt).
Definitions for anteater
noun
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any of several mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae, having a long, tapered snout, extensile tongue, and powerful front claws and feeding chiefly on ants and termites.
Compare giant anteater, silky anteater, tamandua.
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the aardvark.
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a pangolin.
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an echidna.
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banded anteater.
Origin of anteater
First recorded in 1755-65; ant + eater