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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 | ||
| Synonyms | pangolin, scaly anteater | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal | ||
| Member meronym | genus Manis, Manis | ||
| 2. | anteater (animal) any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites | ||
| Synonyms | New World anteater | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | edentate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ant bear, Cyclopes didactylus, giant anteater, great anteater, lesser anteater, Myrmecophaga jubata, silky anteater, tamandu, tamandua, Tamandua tetradactyla, tamanoir, two-toed anteater | ||
| Member meronym | family Myrmecophagidae, Myrmecophagidae | ||
| 3. | anteater (animal) nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata | ||
| Synonyms | aardvark, ant bear, Orycteropus afer | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal | ||
| Member meronym | genus Orycteropus, Orycteropus | ||
| 4. | anteater (animal) small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct | ||
| Synonyms | banded anteater, Myrmecobius fasciatus, numbat | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dasyurid, dasyurid marsupial | ||
| Member meronym | genus Myrmecobius, Myrmecobius | ||
| 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 | ||
| Synonyms | echidna, spiny anteater | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | egg-laying mammal, monotreme | ||
| Member meronym | genus Zaglossus, Zaglossus | ||
| 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 | ||
| Synonyms | echidna, spiny anteater | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | egg-laying mammal, monotreme | ||
| Member meronym | genus Tachyglossus, Tachyglossus | ||
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