anteater

English - Turkish

Definition of anteater in English Turkish dictionary

karıncayiyen

Sana rastlamak ne güzel. Ben bir karıncayiyenim. - Pleased to meet you. I am an anteater.

Related Terms

giant anteater

dev karıncayiyen

scaly anteater

karıncayiyen

banded anteater

bantlı anteater

English - English

Definition of anteater in English English dictionary

A common term used of some other unrelated species that feed with ants, including pangolin ("scaly anteater"), echidna ("spiny anteater"), aardvark and numbat ("banded anteater")

Any of several animals, in suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues

{n} a quadruped subsisting on ants

burrowing spine-covered monotreme of Australia having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites

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

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

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

New Guinea echidnas

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

One of several species of edentates and monotremes that feed upon ants

An anteater is an animal with a long nose that eats termites or ants. Anteaters live in warm countries. an animal that has a very long nose and eats small insects. Any of four species of toothless, insect-eating placental mammals. Found in tropical savannas and forests from Mexico to northern Argentina and Uruguay, anteaters have a long tail, dense fur, a long skull, and a tubular muzzle. Their mouth opening is small, and the tongue is long and wormlike. They live alone or in pairs and feed mainly on ants and termites, which they obtain by inserting their sticky tongue into a nest torn open by the long, sharp, curved claws of their forefeet. The species range in length from 15 in. (37 cm) to 6 ft (1.8 m). Once grouped together, anteaters are now considered as separate from echidnas and pangolins

{i} any of a number of tropical American mammals which eat ants

See Ant-bear, Pangolin, Aard-vark, and Echidna

Related Terms

African anteater

A common term confusingly used of both aardvark and pangolin

banded anteater

A former common name for numbat. The term is a misnomer, the animal is not related to anteaters

giant anteater

The largest species of anteater, Myrmecophaga tridactyla, found in Central and South America

silky anteater

A species of anteater, Cyclopes didactylus, formerly Myrmecophaga didactyla

spiny anteater

A common name for echidna

anteaters

plural of anteater

giant anteater

A large tropical American anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) having an elongated narrow snout, long sticky tongue, and large shaggy tail

porcupine anteater

small mammal whose body is covered in spines and feeds on ants

silky anteater

squirrel-sized South American toothless anteater with long silky golden fur

Hyphenation

ant·eat·er

Turkish pronunciation

äntitır

Pronunciation

/ˈantˌētər/ /ˈæntˌiːtɜr/