anteater

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
9
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈæntˌiːtə/
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/ˈæntˌiːtə/ · /ˈæntˌitɚ/(US)

Definition of anteater

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  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).
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noun

  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.

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Etymology

From ant + eater.

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