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anteater in Chinese

anteater in Chinese is 食蚁兽 — anteater means a long-snouted mammal from Central and South America that uses its sticky tongue to slurp up ants and termites.

anteater in Chinese

食蚁兽
noun
Pronounced: shí yǐ shòu
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).

What does "anteater" mean?

  1. noun A long-snouted mammal from Central and South America that uses its sticky tongue to slurp up ants and termites.
    "The giant anteater can flick its tongue in and out of an ant nest dozens of times a second."
  2. noun Loosely, any unrelated animal with a similar ant-eating habit, such as the pangolin, echidna, or aardvark.
    "The aardvark is sometimes nicknamed the African anteater, though it is not closely related to true anteaters."
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anteater in a sentence

  • The giant anteater can flick its tongue in and out of an ant nest dozens of times a second.
  • A anteater's claws are strong enough to tear open a hardened termite mound.
  • The aardvark is sometimes nicknamed the African anteater, though it is not closely related to true anteaters.

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What is "anteater" in Chinese?

"anteater" in Chinese is 食蚁兽. anteater means: A long-snouted mammal from Central and South America that uses its sticky tongue to slurp up ants and termites.

How do you pronounce 食蚁兽?

"anteater" in Chinese is 食蚁兽, pronounced "shí yǐ shòu".

How do you use "anteater" in a sentence?

Example: "The giant anteater can flick its tongue in and out of an ant nest dozens of times a second." In Chinese, "anteater" is 食蚁兽.

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