BANDED ANTEATER

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Meaning:

Small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct

Synonyms:

anteater; banded anteater; Myrmecobius fasciatus; numbat

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Nouns denoting animals

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

dasyurid; dasyurid marsupial (small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania)

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

genus Myrmecobius; Myrmecobius (banded anteater)