Anteater vs. Aardvark

Anteaternoun

Any of several animals, in suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues.

Anteaternoun

Any of some other unrelated species that feed with ants, including pangolin (scaly anteater), echidna (spiny anteater), aardvark and numbat (banded anteater).

Anteaternoun

toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites

Anteaternoun

any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites

Anteaternoun

nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata

Anteaternoun

small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct

Anteaternoun

New Guinea echidnas

Anteaternoun

burrowing spine-covered monotreme of Australia having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites

Anteater

Anteater is a common name for the four extant mammal species of the suborder Vermilingua (meaning ) commonly known for eating ants and termites. The individual species have other names in English and other languages.

Aardvarknoun

The nocturnal, insectivorous, burrowing, mammal Orycteropus afer, of the order Tubulidentata, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa.

Aardvarknoun

A silly or credulous person who is prone to mistakes or blunders.

Aardvarknoun

An edentate mammal, of the genus Orycteropus (Orycteropus afer), somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa. It is a nocturnal ungulate, burrows in the ground with its powerful claws, and feeds entirely on ants and termites, which it catches with its long, extensile, slimy tongue. It is the sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata.

Aardvarknoun

nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata

Aardvarknoun

a nocturnal badger-sized burrowing mammal of Africa, with long ears, a tubular snout, and a long extensible tongue, feeding on ants and termites.

Aardvark

The aardvark ( ARD-vark; Orycteropus afer) is a medium-sized, burrowing, nocturnal mammal native to Africa. It is the only living species of the order Tubulidentata, although other prehistoric species and genera of Tubulidentata are known.