a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia पर्याय: echidna, spiny anteater,
a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea पर्याय: echidna, spiny anteater,
nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata पर्याय: aardvark, ant bear, Orycteropus afer,
any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites पर्याय: New World anteater,
toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites पर्याय: pangolin, scaly anteater,