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anteater

noun

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

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Word length
8
Starts with
A
Ends with
R
Contains
NT
Scrabble score
8
CEFR level
B1

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ˈæntˌiːtə

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noun

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

noun

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

noun

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

noun

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

noun

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

noun

  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

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