New World Anteater (Noun)
Meaning
Any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The new world anteater is found in various habitats, including rainforests and dry forests, across Central and South America.
- New world anteaters have a unique, sticky tongue that they use to feed on ants and termites.
- Their distinctive, elongated snout is one of the defining features of new world anteaters.
- In the wild, new world anteaters are generally solitary animals and only come together to mate.
- Despite being primarily insectivorous, new world anteaters have also been known to eat other small invertebrates on occasion.