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Antlion vs Anteater - What's the difference?

antlion | anteater |

As nouns the difference between antlion and anteater

is that antlion is any of various nocturnal insects from the family Myrmeleontidae whose adults resemble damselflies and whose larvae bury themselves under a cone-shaped pit in sand to trap insects such as ants while anteater is any of several animals, in suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues.

antlion

English

(wikipedia antlion)

Alternative forms

* ant lion

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of various nocturnal insects from the family Myrmeleontidae whose adults resemble damselflies and whose larvae bury themselves under a cone-shaped pit in sand to trap insects such as ants.

    • anteater

    English

    (wikipedia anteater)

    Noun

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

    • Derived terms

    * banded anteater * collared anteater * giant anteater * lesser anteater * scaly anteater * silky anteater * spiny anteater

    See also

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