anteater
UKæntiːtər
معنی فارسی
مورچه خوار
معنی کامل و مثالها
/ant´ēt´ǝr/n.
● (جانورشناسی) مورچهخوار (انواع پستانداران راستههای مختلف که خوراکشان بیشتر مورچه است و زبان دراز چسبناک و پوزهی درازی دارند)
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
Early 19th century: from 'ante' (before) + 'eater' (one that eats).
مثال
- The anteater uses its long tongue to catch ants.
- The zoo has a new exhibit featuring an anteater.
- The anteater is a unique creature with a specialized diet.
ترکیبهای رایج
Giant anteater Spiny anteater
تعریف انگلیسی
noun
- toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites
- any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
- nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
- small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct
- a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea
- a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia