anteater – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
anteater
n.
any of a number of tropical American mammals which eat ants
Anteater
Anteater is a
common name for the four extant
mammal species of the suborder
Vermilingua (meaning "worm tongue") commonly known for eating
ants and
termites. The individual species have other names in English and other languages. Together with the
sloths, they are within the order
Pilosa. The name "anteater" is also colloquially applied to the unrelated
aardvark,
numbat,
echidnas,
pangolins and some members of the
Oecobiidae.
anteater
Noun
1. toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites
(synonym) pangolin, scaly anteater
(hypernym) placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal
(member-holonym) Manis, genus Manis
2. any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
(synonym) New World anteater
(hypernym) edentate
(hyponym) ant bear, giant anteater, great anteater, tamanoir, Myrmecophaga jubata
(member-holonym) Myrmecophagidae, family Myrmecophagidae
3. nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
(synonym) aardvark, ant bear, Orycteropus afer
(hypernym) placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal
(member-holonym) Orycteropus, genus Orycteropus
4. small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct
(synonym) numbat, banded anteater, Myrmecobius fasciatus
(hypernym) dasyurid marsupial, dasyurid
(member-holonym) Myrmecobius, genus Myrmecobius
5. New Guinea echidnas
(synonym) echidna, spiny anteater
(hypernym) monotreme, egg-laying mammal
(member-holonym) Zaglossus, genus Zaglossus
6. burrowing spine-covered monotreme of Australia having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites
(synonym) echidna, spiny anteater
(hypernym) monotreme, egg-laying mammal
(member-holonym) Tachyglossus, genus Tachyglossus
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