| NOUN | animal | anteater, pangolin, scaly anteater | 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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| animal | anteater, New World anteater | any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack / lack teeth and feed on ants and termites | |
| animal | anteater, aardvark, ant bear, Orycteropus afer | nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites | |
| animal | anteater, numbat, banded anteater, Myrmecobius fasciatus | small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites | |
| animal | anteater, echidna, spiny anteater | a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites | |
| animal | anteater, echidna, spiny anteater | a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites |
| Sounds | ae'ntiy.ter | |
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| Rhymes | abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter... | |
| Meaning | 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 | |
| Member of | Manis, genus Manis | type genus of the Manidae |
| Broader | placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal | mammals having a placenta |
| Spanish | pangolín | |
| Catalan | pangolí | |
| Meaning | Any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack / lack teeth and feed on ants and termites. | |
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| Synonym | New World anteater | |
| Member of | Myrmecophagidae, family Myrmecophagidae | New World anteaters |
| Narrower | ant bear, giant anteater, great anteater, tamanoir, Myrmecophaga jubata | large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws |
| silky anteater, two-toed anteater, Cyclopes didactylus | squirrel-sized South American toothless anteater with long silky golden fur | |
| tamandua, tamandu, lesser anteater, Tamandua tetradactyla | small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs | |
| Broader | edentate | Primitive terrestrial / terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth |
| Spanish | oso hormiguero | |
| Catalan | formiguer, ós formiguer | |
| Meaning | 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 | |
| Member of | Orycteropus, genus Orycteropus | coextensive with the family Orycteropodidae |
| Broader | placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal | mammals having a placenta |
| Spanish | cerdo hormiguero, oricteropo, orycteropus afer, Orycteropus Afer, oso hormiguero | |
| Catalan | orycteropus afer, Orycteropus afer, ós formiguer, porc formiguer | |
| Meaning | small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct. | |
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| Synonyms | numbat, banded anteater, Myrmecobius fasciatus | |
| Member of | Myrmecobius, genus Myrmecobius | banded anteater |
| Broader | dasyurid marsupial, dasyurid | small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania |
| Spanish | myrmecobius fasciatus, numbat, oso hormiguero | |
| Catalan | myrmecobius fasciatus, Myrmecobius fasciatus, numbat | |
| Meaning | 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 | |
| Member of | Zaglossus, genus Zaglossus | A genus of Tachyglossidae |
| Broader | monotreme, egg-laying mammal | The most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria |
| Spanish | oso hormiguero espinoso, oso hormiguero, tachyglossidae | |
| Catalan | equidna | |
| Meaning | 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 | |
| Member of | Tachyglossus, genus Tachyglossus | type genus of the family Tachyglossidae |
| Broader | monotreme, egg-laying mammal | The most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria |
| Spanish | equidna, oso hormiguero | |
| Catalan | equidna, ós formiguer | |
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