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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 (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
pangolin, scaly anteater
• Hypernyms:
placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal
• Member Holonyms:
Manis, genus Manis
2. any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
• Syn:
New World anteater
• Hypernyms:
edentate
• Hyponyms:
ant bear, giant anteater, great anteater, tamanoir, Myrmecophaga jubata,
Myrmecophaga jubata, two-toed anteater, Cyclopes didactylus, tamandua, tamandu,
lesser anteater, Tamandua tetradactyla
• Member Holonyms:
Myrmecophagidae, family Myrmecophagidae
3. nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites;
sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
• Syn:
aardvark, ant bear, Orycteropus afer
• Hypernyms:
placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal
• Member Holonyms:
Orycteropus, genus Orycteropus
4. small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites;
nearly extinct
• Syn:
numbat, banded anteater, Myrmecobius fasciatus
• Hypernyms:
dasyurid marsupial, dasyurid
• Member Holonyms:
Myrmecobius, genus Myrmecobius
5. a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites;
native to New Guinea
• Syn:
echidna, spiny anteater
• Hypernyms:
monotreme, egg-laying mammal
• Member Holonyms:
Zaglossus, genus Zaglossus
6. a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites;
native to Australia
• Syn:
echidna, spiny anteater
• Hypernyms:
monotreme, egg-laying mammal
• Member Holonyms:
Tachyglossus, genus Tachyglossus
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