1. any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites; [syn: anteater, New World anteater]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
New World anteater
n 1: any of several tropical American mammals of the family
Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and
termites [syn: anteater, New World anteater]