ant-eater


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ant

(ӕnt) noun
a type of small insect, related to bees, wasps etc, thought of as hard-working. mier نَمْلَه мравка formiga mravenec die Ameise myre μυρμήγκι hormiga sipelgas مورچه muurahainen fourmi נְמָלָה चींटी mrav hangya semut maur formica あり 개미 skruzdėlė skudra semut mier maur mrówka میږتون formiga fur­nică муравей mravec mravlja mrav myra มด karınca 螞蟻 мурашка چیونٹی ، کیڑی con kiến 蚂蚁
ˈant-eater noun
any of several toothless animals with long snouts, that feed on ants. miervreter آكِل النَّمْل мравояд tamanduá mravenečník der Ameisenbär myresluger μυρμηγκοφάγος hormiguero sipelgaõgija مورچه خوار muurahaiskarhu fourmilier אוֹכֵל נְמָלִים चींटीखोर mravojed hangyász(medve) pemakan semut, trenggiling mauræta formichiere ありくい 개미핥기 skruzdėda skudru lācis pemakan semut miereneter maursluker mrówkojad مورچه خور papa-formigas furnicar муравьед mravčiar mravljinčar mravojed myrslok ตัวกินมด karınca yiyen 食蟻獸 мурахоїд چیونٹی خور thú ăn kiến 食蚁兽
ˈant-hill noun
a mound of earth built as a nest by ants. miernes, miershoop بَيْت نَمْل، قَرْيَة نَمْل мравуняк formigueiro mraveniště der Ameisenhaufen myretue μυρμηγκοφωλιά hormiguero sipelgapesa تپۀ ایجاد شده روی خانۀ مورچه ها muurahaiskeko fourmilière תֵל נְמָלִים बांबी mravinjak hangyaboly sarang semut mauraþúfa formicaio ありづか 개미탑 skruzdėlynas skudru pūznis busut mierenhoop maurtue mrowisko د میږه تون د کور په وړاندی دخاوری ډیری formigueiro muşuroi муравейник mravenisko mravljišče mravinjak myrstack รังมด karınca yuvası 蟻穴 мурашник چیونٹی کا ڈھیر tổ kiến 蚁丘,冢
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Once some bandy-legged, lurching creature, an ant-eater or a bear, scuttled clumsily amid the shadows.
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Cetacea (whales) and Edentata (armadilloes, scaly ant-eaters, &c.), that these are likewise the most abnormal in their teeth.
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If that's the case, why no place for the vole, ant-eater or sloth?
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