| NOUN | animal | New World anteater, anteater | any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack / lack teeth and feed on ants and termites |
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| 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 | 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 | |
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