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SCALY ANTEATER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites
Synonyms:
anteater; pangolin; scaly anteater
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("scaly anteater" is a kind of...):
eutherian; eutherian mammal; placental; placental mammal (mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)
Holonyms ("scaly anteater" is a member of...):
genus Manis; Manis (type genus of the Manidae)
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