anteater
UK/ˈæntˌiːtə//ˈæntˌitɚ/
anteater noun: any of several animals of South and Central America, in the suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues, including giant anteater and lesser anteater (also known as collared anteater).
Noun
anteater (plural anteaters)
- Any of several animals of South and Central America, in the suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues, including giant anteater and lesser anteater (also known as collared anteater).
- Any of some other not closely related species that feed with ants, including pangolin (scaly anteater), echidna (spiny anteater), aardvark (African anteater) and numbat (banded anteater).
- An uncircumcised penis.
anteater meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
anteater in Hindi
- mammal
- चींटीख़ोर cī̃ṭīxor
anteater in Tamil
- mammal
- எறும்புத்தின்னி eṟumputtiṉṉi
anteater in Urdu
- چونٹی خور
anteater in Bengali
- mammal
- পিঁপড়াভুক pĩpṛabhuk
More languagesFewer languages
- anteater in Arabic
- آكَل النَّمْل ʔākal an-naml
- anteater in Malay
- tenggiling
- anteater in Persian
- مورچهخوار murče-xâr
- anteater in Thai
- ตัวกินมด dtuua-gin-mót
- anteater in Vietnamese
- thú ăn kiến
Forms of anteater
| plural | anteaters |
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Origin of anteater
From ant + eater, from their typical diet.
Words formed from anteater
Phrases with anteater
Questions about anteater
- What does anteater mean?
- Anteater means any of several animals of South and Central America, in the suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues, including giant anteater and lesser anteater (also known as collared anteater).
- What is anteater in Hindi?
- Anteater in Hindi is चींटीख़ोर (cī̃ṭīxor). See Anteater meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is anteater?
- Anteater is a noun.
- How do you pronounce anteater?
- Anteater is pronounced /ˈæntˌiːtə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of anteater?
- The plural of anteater is anteaters.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: anteater (page history and authors); anteater (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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