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MYRMECOPHAGIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

New World anteaters

Synonyms:

family Myrmecophagidae; Myrmecophagidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Myrmecophagidae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Myrmecophagidae"):

anteater; New World anteater (any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites)

genus Myrmecophaga; Myrmecophaga (type genus of the Myrmecophagidae; South American ant bear)

Cyclopes; genus Cyclopes (only the silky anteater)

genus Tamandua (lesser anteater)

Holonyms ("Myrmecophagidae" is a member of...):

suborder Xenarthra; Xenarthra (armadillos; American anteaters; sloths)

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