noun🔗ShareAny of several animals, in suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues."The anteater used its long, sticky tongue to slurp up ants from the anthill in the park. "animalnaturebiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAny of some other unrelated species that feed with ants, including pangolin (scaly anteater), echidna (spiny anteater), aardvark and numbat (banded anteater)."While the giant anteater is well-known, the term "anteater" can also refer to other animals, like the pangolin, that have adapted to a diet of ants and termites. "animalnaturebiologyecologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
