any of several mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae, having a long, tapered snout, extensile tongue, and powerful front claws and feeding chiefly on ants and termites.
the aardvark.
a pangolin.
an echidna.
banded anteater.
any toothless edentate mammal of the family Myrmecophagidae of Central and South America, esp Myrmecophaga tridactyla (or jubata) (giant anteater), having a long tubular snout used for eating termites
scaly anteater another name for pangolin
spiny anteater another name for echidna
banded anteater another name for numbat
Armadillo [ ΛΙr mΙΛdΙͺl oΚ ]
ChlamyphoridaeDasypodidae
noun
any of several burrowing, chiefly nocturnal mammals constituting the family Dasypodidae, ranging from the southern U.S. through South America, having strong claws and a jointed protective covering of bony plates used in certain areas for food.
any edentate mammal of the family Dasypodidae of Central and South America and S North America, such as Priodontes giganteus (giant armadillo). They are burrowing animals, with peglike rootless teeth and a covering of strong horny plates over most of the body
fairy armadillo another name for pichiciego
Synonyms
edentate
farrow
ant bear
aardvark
anteater
sloth
Word used in Sentences
1. A feature that characterizes all anteaters is an extremely slow metabolic rate.
2. The spiny anteater is a mammal, although a very primitive one.
3. The anteater couldn't have existed before the ants.
4. They may be subdivided into anteaters that burrow, anteaters that climb trees and anteaters that wander over the ground.
5. And yet, such sensitive elongations the anteater had, too, uncomplicated by assertions of power, even over ants.
6. This anteater loves to eat ants!
7. The mother spiny anteater lays one or two eggs.
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8. Aunt Edith's anteater ate Aunt Edith's ants.
9. Dad: That's an anteater.
1 The armadillo has a protective shell of bony plates.
2 The armadillo is found in the American South and in Central America.
3 The most impressive of all the armadillo species, when responding to attack, is the three-banded.
4 Several years ago there was a fine armadillo whose body consisted of automobile tires of various sizes.
5 Armadillo originally didn't have the customizable hardware locking options.
6 I have never seen the armadillo.
7 South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
8 Then, an armadillo ran past the door.
9 Bet you didn't notice the armadillo.
10 How do you like your armadillo? Sun dried and road tenderised...?