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anteater

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ant·eat·er /ˈæntˌiːtə $ -ər/ noun [countable]  HBAan animal that has a very long nose and eats small insects 食蚁兽
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anteaterThey may be subdivided into anteaters that burrow, anteaters that climb trees and anteaters that wander over the ground.Mammals with non-spiny armour include the twenty-one species of armadillos and the seven species of pangolins, or scaly anteaters.In the Old World they have a counterpart in the form of the strange, scaly anteaters, the pangolins.The most primitive of the armoured mammals are the five species of echidnas, or spiny anteaters, from Australasia.And yet, such sensitive elongations the anteater had, too, uncomplicated by assertions of power, even over ants.The anteater couldn't have existed before the ants.
ant·eat·er nounChineseSyllable
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anteater
anteater /ˈæntˌiːtə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
an animal that has a very long nose and eats small insects


ant·eat·erBrE /ˈæntiːtə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈæntiːtər/ 🔊 nounan animal with a long nose and tongue that eats ants 食蚁兽