lesser anteater
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lesser anteater — noun small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America • Syn: ↑tamandua, ↑tamandu, ↑Tamandua tetradactyla • Hypernyms: ↑anteater, ↑New World anteater • Member Holon … Useful english dictionary
anteater — /ant ee teuhr/, n. 1. any of several mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae, having a long, tapered snout, extensile tongue, and powerful front claws and feeding chiefly on ants and termites. Cf. giant anteater, silky anteater, tamandua. 2. the… … Universalium
anteater — /ˈæntitə / (say anteetuh) noun 1. any of the echidnas or spiny anteaters of Australia and New Guinea. 2. → numbat. 3. any of three edentates of tropical America, feeding chiefly on termites: a. the ant bear or great anteater. b. the tamandua or… …
New World anteater — noun any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites • Syn: ↑anteater • Hypernyms: ↑edentate • Hyponyms: ↑ant bear, ↑giant anteater, ↑great anteater … Useful english dictionary
collared anteater — noun A common term for tamandua. Syn: lesser anteater … Wiktionary
Southern tamandua — Southern Tamandua[1] Southern Tamandua, Cocoal, Brazil Conservation status … Wikipedia
Northern tamandua — Northern tamandua[1] Conservation status … Wikipedia
Southern Tamandua — Taxobox name = Southern Tamandua status = LC status system = iucn3.1 trend = unknown image width = 200px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia superordo = Xenarthra ordo = Pilosa subordo = Vermilingua familia = Myrmecophagidae… … Wikipedia
tamandu — noun small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America • Syn: ↑tamandua, ↑lesser anteater, ↑Tamandua tetradactyla • Hypernyms: ↑anteater, ↑New World anteater • … Useful english dictionary
Tamandua tetradactyla — noun small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America • Syn: ↑tamandua, ↑tamandu, ↑lesser anteater • Hypernyms: ↑anteater, ↑New World anteater • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
