Definition of Anteaters

1. Noun. (plural of anteater) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Anteaters

1. anteater [n] - See also: anteater

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anteaters

antbird
antbirds
antdom
ante
ante-
ante-Nicene
ante-up
ante cibum
ante in
ante meridiem
ante up
anteact
anteacts
anteal
anteater
anteaters
anteating
antebellum
antebrachial
antebrachial fascia
antebrachial flexor retinaculum
antebrachium
antecardium
antecedaneous
antecede
anteceded
antecedence
antecedences
antecedency
antecedent

Literary usage of Anteaters

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Geographical History of Mammals by Richard Lydekker (1896)
"... —Sloths—Anteaters—Ground-sloths—Marsupials— Cetaceans—Early Distinction of the ... Anteaters ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The Sloths and Anteaters, ... form of the head of the Sloths, combined with the limbs and trunk of the Anteaters. ... Pangolins or Scaly Anteaters ; and (5) ..."

3. All About Animals Around the World by Lisa Vitarisi Mathews (2005)
"Children feed ants to hungry anteaters who have requested a particular number of ants. Materials • page 188, reproduced 10 times and laminated • page 189, ..."

4. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"Considering the many adaptive resemblances between this genus and the American Anteaters, especially in the mouth cavity, it is remarkable that in Manis the ..."

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