anteater
英 [ˈænti:tə(r)] 美 [ˈæntˌitɚ]

n.

食蚁兽；

变形

复数：anteaters

英英释义

anteater[ 'ænt,i:tə ]

• n.
  • toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites

    同义词：pangolinscaly anteater

  • any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites

    同义词：New World anteater

  • nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata

    同义词：aardvarkant bearOrycteropus afer

  • small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct

    同义词：numbatbanded anteaterMyrmecobius fasciatus

  • a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea

    同义词：echidnaspiny anteater

  • a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia

    同义词：echidnaspiny anteater

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. Aunt Edith's anteater ate Aunt Edith's ants.
   伊迪斯姑姑的食蚁兽吃了伊迪斯姑姑的蚂蚁。
2. It is home to many rare and endangered species of flora and fauna, among them the giant otter and the giant anteater.
   许多稀有濒危动植物物种在国家公园中得到保护，其中包括大水獭和巨食蚁兽。

权威例句

The 2010 Anteater Red List Assessment
Debugging the data plane with anteater
The Giant Anteater in the Room: Brazil's Neglected Tropical Diseases Problem
Food Habits of the Silky Anteater (Cyclopes didactylus) in the Central Amazon
The anatomy of the forelimb in the anteater (Tamandua) and its functional implications
Knuckle‐walking anteater: A convergence test of adaptation for purported knuckle‐walking features of african Hominidae
Morphology, evolution and function of feeding in the giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)
Function in the Stunted Forelimbs of Mononykus olecranus (Theropoda), a Dinosaurian Anteater
Comparative genome maps of the pangolin, hedgehog, sloth, anteater and human revealed by cross-species chromosome painting: further ...
Phylogenetic Analysis of 18S rRNA and the Mitochondrial Genomes of the Wombat, Vombatus ursinus, and the Spiny Anteater, Tachygloss...