anteater

Meaning

1. 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).
2. 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).
3. (slang) An uncircumcised penis.

Synonyms

pangolin

antbear

aardvark

ant bear

spiny anteater

African anteater

aard-vark

echidna

ant-bear

earth pig

scaly anteater

banded anteater

numbat

Echidna

Myrmecobius fasciatus

New World anteater

Orycteropus afer

giant anteater

thermal water

Tachyglossus

porcupine

spring

great anteater

tamanoir

Translations

fourmilier

oso hormiguero

Ameisenbär

miereneter

formichiere

oryctérope

tamanduá

cerdo hormiguero

oritteropo

aardvarken

cochon de terre

oryctérope du Cap

Erdferkel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈæntˌiːtə/

Etymology

From ant + eater.