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# anteater

noun (an anteater, anteaters)

«anteater» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An anteater is a South and Central American mammal with a long snout and a long sticky tongue that eats ants and termites. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anteater/#m1)
2. Loosely, other ant-eating animals (like the echidna or pangolin) are sometimes called anteaters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anteater/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science, the giant anteater has no teeth; it rips open termite mounds with strong claws and flicks its tongue up to 150 times a minute. It is an example of an animal adapted to its food.

### Examples

- The anteater poked its long nose into the termite mound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anteater/#x1)
- An anteater has no teeth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anteater/#x2)
- The giant anteater has a bushy tail. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anteater/#x3)
- Its tongue is longer than my arm! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anteater/#x4)
- The baby anteater rode on its mother's back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anteater/#x5)
- Anteaters live in South America. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anteater/#x6)

### Note

Use «an»: an anteater. Ant + eater.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «anteater» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anteater/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«anteater» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/anteater.html) on Mova free.