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anteater

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈæntˌiːtə

Definitions

  1. Any of several animals of South and Central America, in the suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues, including giant anteater and lesser anteater (also known as collared anteater).
  2. Any of some other not closely related species that feed with ants, including pangolin (scaly anteater), echidna (spiny anteater), aardvark (African anteater) and numbat (banded anteater).
  3. An uncircumcised penis.

Equivalents

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العربيةآكل النّمل
Bosanskimravojed
Češtinamravenečník
Hrvatskimravojed
Magyarhangyász
Հայերենմրջնակեր
Íslenskamauraæta
Italianoformichiere
Қазақ тіліқұмырсқажегіш
한국어개미핥기
Lietuviųskruzdėlynas
Latviešuskudrlācis
Македонскимравојад
Bahasa Melayutenggiling
Nederlandsmiereneter
Românăfurnicar
Русскиймуравьед
Српскиmravojed
Svenskamyrslok
Українськамурахоїд
Tiếng Việtthú ăn kiến

CEFR level

C2
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