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Any one of several species of Manis, Pholidotus, and related genera, found in Africa and Asia. They are covered with imbricated scales, and feed upon ants. Called also scaly ant-eater.

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  1. n. Any one of several species of Manis, Pholidotus, and related genera, found in Africa and Asia. They are covered with imbricated scales, and feed upon ants. Called also scaly ant-eater.
  2. n. toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites
  3. Any one of several species of Manis, Pholidotus, and related genera, found in Africa and Asia. They are covered with imbricated scales, and feed upon ants. Called also scaly ant-eater.
  4. Any one of several species of Manis, Pholidotus, and relatedgenera, found in Africa and Asia. They are covered with imbricatedscales, and feed upon ants. Called also scaly ant-eater.
  5. n:100 n. toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites