new world anteater
English Thesaurus
1. any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | edentate, |
| definition | : | primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ant bear, giant anteater, great anteater, myrmecophaga jubata, tamanoir, |
| definition | : | large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cyclopes didactylus, silky anteater, two-toed anteater, |
| definition | : | squirrel-sized South American toothless anteater with long silky golden fur (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | lesser anteater, tamandu, tamandua, tamandua tetradactyla, |
| definition | : | small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | family myrmecophagidae, myrmecophagidae, |
| definition | : | New World anteaters (noun.animal) |
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