Definition of "Anteater" :

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

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

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

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

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

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