English noun: anteater |
1. | anteater (animal) 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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| Broader (hypernym) | eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal |
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| Member meronym | genus Manis, Manis |
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2. | anteater (animal) 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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| Broader (hypernym) | edentate |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | ant bear, Cyclopes didactylus, giant anteater, great anteater, lesser anteater, Myrmecophaga jubata, silky anteater, tamandu, tamandua, Tamandua tetradactyla, tamanoir, two-toed anteater |
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| Member meronym | family Myrmecophagidae, Myrmecophagidae |
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3. | anteater (animal) nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata |
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| Synonyms | aardvark, ant bear, Orycteropus afer |
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| Broader (hypernym) | eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal |
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| Member meronym | genus Orycteropus, Orycteropus |
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4. | anteater (animal) small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct |
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| Synonyms | banded anteater, Myrmecobius fasciatus, numbat |
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| Broader (hypernym) | dasyurid, dasyurid marsupial |
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| Member meronym | genus Myrmecobius, Myrmecobius |
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5. | anteater (animal) a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea |
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| Synonyms | echidna, spiny anteater |
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| Broader (hypernym) | egg-laying mammal, monotreme |
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| Member meronym | genus Zaglossus, Zaglossus |
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6. | anteater (animal) a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia |
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| Synonyms | echidna, spiny anteater |
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| Broader (hypernym) | egg-laying mammal, monotreme |
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| Member meronym | genus Tachyglossus, Tachyglossus |
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