Hyphenation of anteater

Are you trying to hyphenate anteater? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

anteater

Definitions of anteater:

1.	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.	Any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
3.	Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites Sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
4.	Small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites Nearly extinct
5.	A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites Native to New Guinea
6.	A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites Native to Australia

Synonyms of anteater:

noun	pangolin, scaly anteater, placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal
noun	New World anteater, edentate
noun	aardvark, ant bear, Orycteropus afer, placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal
noun	numbat, banded anteater, Myrmecobius fasciatus, dasyurid marsupial, dasyurid
noun	echidna, spiny anteater, monotreme, egg-laying mammal
noun	echidna, spiny anteater, monotreme, egg-laying mammal

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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