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Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary
anteater
1. toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites (Freq. 1) • Syn: pangolin, scaly anteater • Hypernyms: placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal • Member Holonyms: Manis, genus Manis 2. any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites • Syn: New World anteater • Hypernyms: edentate • Hyponyms: ant bear, giant anteater, great anteater, tamanoir, Myrmecophaga jubata, Myrmecophaga jubata, two-toed anteater, Cyclopes didactylus, tamandua, tamandu, lesser anteater, Tamandua tetradactyla • Member Holonyms: Myrmecophagidae, family Myrmecophagidae 3. nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata • Syn: aardvark, ant bear, Orycteropus afer • Hypernyms: placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal • Member Holonyms: Orycteropus, genus Orycteropus 4. small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct • Syn: numbat, banded anteater, Myrmecobius fasciatus • Hypernyms: dasyurid marsupial, dasyurid • Member Holonyms: Myrmecobius, genus Myrmecobius 5. a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea • Syn: echidna, spiny anteater • Hypernyms: monotreme, egg-laying mammal • Member Holonyms: Zaglossus, genus Zaglossus 6. a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia • Syn: echidna, spiny anteater • Hypernyms: monotreme, egg-laying mammal • Member Holonyms: Tachyglossus, genus Tachyglossus
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