Cryptic crossword clue
Army personnel will feed them 9

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word ANTEATERS

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What does ANTEATERS mean?

ANTEATERS noun
  1. Any of several animals, in suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues.
  2. Any of some other unrelated species that feed with ants, including pangolin (scaly anteater), echidna (spiny anteater), aardvark and numbat (banded anteater).

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