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NEW WORLD ANTEATER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites

Synonyms:

anteater; New World anteater

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("New World anteater" is a kind of...):

edentate (primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "New World anteater"):

ant bear; giant anteater; great anteater; Myrmecophaga jubata; tamanoir (large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America)

Cyclopes didactylus; silky anteater; two-toed anteater (squirrel-sized South American toothless anteater with long silky golden fur)

lesser anteater; tamandu; tamandua; Tamandua tetradactyla (small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America)

Holonyms ("New World anteater" is a member of...):

family Myrmecophagidae; Myrmecophagidae (New World anteaters)

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