anteater

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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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
noun any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
noun nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata

From ant + eater.

Set down, you little anteater. — Skeeter Bill comes to town, W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle
He was a large, lighthearted dog with a white coat, an engaging expression, the tongue of an anteater, and a manner which was a happy blend of hurricane and circular saw. — Mike and Psmith, Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

pangolin, scaly anteater

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