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SPINY ANTEATER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia

Synonyms:

anteater; echidna; spiny anteater

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("spiny anteater" is a kind of...):

egg-laying mammal; monotreme (the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria)

Holonyms ("spiny anteater" is a member of...):

genus Tachyglossus; Tachyglossus (type genus of the family Tachyglossidae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea

Synonyms:

anteater; echidna; spiny anteater

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("spiny anteater" is a kind of...):

egg-laying mammal; monotreme (the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria)

Holonyms ("spiny anteater" is a member of...):

genus Zaglossus; Zaglossus (a genus of Tachyglossidae)

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