<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Also called spiny anteater.</li><li>Any of several insectivorous monotremes of the genera <em>Tachyglossus</em>, of Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea, and <em>Zaglossus</em>, of New Guinea, that have claws and a slender snout and are covered with coarse hair and long spines.</li></ul>