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anteater

/ anteater /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
Type of:
edentate
Kinds of:
ant bear giant anteater great anteater tamanoir Myrmecophaga jubata
Has parts:
Myrmecophagidae family Myrmecophagidae
noun Sense 2
burrowing spine-covered monotreme of Australia having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites
Type of:
monotreme egg-laying mammal
Has parts:
Tachyglossus genus Tachyglossus
noun Sense 3
New Guinea echidnas
Type of:
monotreme egg-laying mammal
Has parts:
Zaglossus genus Zaglossus
noun Sense 4
small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct
Type of:
dasyurid marsupial dasyurid
Has parts:
Myrmecobius genus Myrmecobius
noun Sense 5
nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
Type of:
placental placental mammal eutherian
Has parts:
Orycteropus genus Orycteropus
noun Sense 6
toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites
Type of:
placental placental mammal eutherian
Has parts:
Manis genus Manis
Semantic Complexity
97%
Sense Count
6
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
30
Times Searched
2
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edentate ant bear giant anteater great anteater tamanoir Myrmecophaga jubata monotreme egg-laying mammal dasyurid marsupial dasyurid placental placental mammal