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(noun) any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites |
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Synonyms: New World anteater |
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Related Words: Cyclopes didactylus, Myrmecophaga jubata, Tamandua tetradactyla, ant bear, edentate, giant anteater, great anteater, lesser anteater, silky anteater, tamandu, tamandua, tamanoir, two-toed anteater |
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(noun) burrowing spine-covered monotreme of Australia having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites |
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Synonyms: echidna, spiny anteater |
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Related Words: egg-laying mammal, monotreme |
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(noun) New Guinea echidnas |
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Synonyms: echidna, spiny anteater |
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Related Words: egg-laying mammal, monotreme |
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(noun) small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct |
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Synonyms: Myrmecobius fasciatus, banded anteater, numbat |
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Related Words: dasyurid, dasyurid marsupial |
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(noun) nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata |
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Synonyms: Orycteropus afer, aardvark, ant bear |
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Related Words: eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal |
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(noun) toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites |
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Synonyms: pangolin, scaly anteater |
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Related Words: eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal |
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