1. the lesser anteater; the lesser of two evils. 小型食蚁动物;两者中较小者。
2. The spiny anteater, an egg-laying mammal native to Australia and New Guinea, has a penis with four heads, but only two fit into the female at once. 针鼹是一种仅产于澳大利亚和新几内亚的卵生哺乳动物。它有一个四个头的阴茎,不过一次只把两个放入雌性体内。
3. One of the mascots for the 2000 Olympics, in Australia, is the echidna. This mammal is also known as a spiny anteater and represents Australia's land. 2000年澳大利亚奥运会吉祥物之一是针鼹鼠。它是一种食蚁动物,象征澳大利亚的大地。
英英解释
n.
1. toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snou
2. any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on
3. nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant represent
4. small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinc
5. a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and and claws for hunting a
6. a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants