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nouna burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea
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nounsmall Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct
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nouna burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia
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nounnocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
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nountoothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites
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nounany of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
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- cyclopes only the silky anteater
- myrmecophagidae New World anteaters
- family dasyurinae dasyures; native cats; pouched mice; banded anteaters; Tasmanian devils
- tamandu small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America
- tamandua tetradactyla small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America
- lesser anteater small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America
- cyclopes didactylus squirrel-sized South American toothless anteater with long silky golden fur
- order edentata order of mammals having few or no teeth including: New World anteaters; sloths; armadillos
- family myrmecophagidae New World anteaters
- genus tamandua lesser anteater