Defenition of the word anteater
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Defenition of the word anteater
- A mammal of the suborder Vermilingua having elongated snouts and feeding on ants and termites.
- nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
- any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
- burrowing spine-covered monotreme of Australia having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites
- New Guinea echidnas
- small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct
- toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites
- a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia
- a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea
Synonyms for the word anteater
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- aardvark
- ant bear
- banded anteater
- echidna
- Myrmecobius fasciatus
- New World anteater
- numbat
- Orycteropus afer
- pangolin
- scaly anteater
- spiny anteater
Meronymys for the word anteater
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- family Myrmecophagidae
- genus Manis
- genus Myrmecobius
- genus Orycteropus
- genus Tachyglossus
- genus Zaglossus
- Manis
- Myrmecobius
- Myrmecophagidae
- Orycteropus
- Tachyglossus
- Zaglossus
Hyponyms for the word anteater
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- ant bear
- Cyclopes didactylus
- giant anteater
- great anteater
- lesser anteater
- Myrmecophaga jubata
- silky anteater
- tamandu
- tamandua
- Tamandua tetradactyla
- tamanoir
- two-toed anteater
Hypernyms for the word anteater
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- dasyurid
- dasyurid marsupial
- edentate
- egg-laying mammal
- eutherian
- eutherian mammal
- monotreme
- placental
- placental mammal
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