The Clue
Echidna or pangolin (8 letter answer)
The Answer
ANTEATER
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Notes
The answer ANTEATER is uncommon, appearing about once every 550 puzzles.
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Definition
ANTEATER as a noun:
1. (pangolin, scaly anteater, anteater) = toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites
2. (anteater, New World anteater) = any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
3. (aardvark, ant bear, anteater, Orycteropus afer) = nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
4. (numbat, banded anteater, anteater, Myrmecobius fasciatus) = small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct
5. (echidna, spiny anteater, anteater) = a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea
6. (echidna, spiny anteater, anteater) = a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia