noun. Any of several Central and South American mammals of the suborder Vermilingua that lack teeth and feed on ants and termites, especially the giant anteater.

noun. Any of several other animals, including the echidna, aardvark, and pangolin, that feed on ants.

noun. Any of several animals, in suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues.

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).

"We've only visited the zoo once since we moved here, but the anteater is one of the animals I recall in particular."

Animals  

banded anteater  collared anteater  giant anteater  lesser anteater