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Noun:

  • A common term used of some other unrelated species that feed with ants, including pangolin ("scaly anteater"), echidna ("spiny anteater"), aardvark and numbat ("banded anteater").
  • Any of several animals, in suborder ''Vermilingua'', which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues.

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