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Anteaters

[ant-ee-ter] Origin

ant·eat·er

[ant-ee-ter]
noun
1.
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.
2.
the aardvark.
3.
a pangolin.
4.
an echidna.

Origin:
1755–65; ant + eater
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Word Origin & History

anteater
1764, of the S.Amer. species; 1868 of the Australian echidna.
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