- family Myrmecophagidae
- nounNew World anteaters• Syn: ↑Myrmecophagidae• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family• Member Holonyms: ↑Xenarthra, ↑suborder Xenarthra• Member Meronyms:
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family Myrmecophagidae
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Myrmecophagidae — Temporal range: Early Miocene to Recent Myrmecophaga tridactyla (Giant Anteater) Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
Myrmecophagidae — prop. n. (Zool.) A natural family of New World anteaters. Syn: family {Myrmecophagidae}. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Myrmecophagidae — noun New World anteaters • Syn: ↑family Myrmecophagidae • Hypernyms: ↑mammal family • Member Holonyms: ↑Xenarthra, ↑suborder Xenarthra • Member Meronyms … Useful english dictionary
mammal family — noun a family of mammals • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑Tachyglossidae, ↑family Tachyglossidae, ↑Ornithorhynchidae, ↑family Ornithorhynchidae, ↑Didelphidae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Mammal classification — Over 70% of mammal species are in the orders Rodentia (blue), Chiroptera (red), and Soricomorpha (yellow) Mammalia is a class of animal within the Phylum Chordata. Mammal classification has been through several iterations since Carolus Linnaeus… … Wikipedia
Northern tamandua — Northern tamandua[1] Conservation status … Wikipedia
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
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
suborder Xenarthra — noun armadillos; American anteaters; sloths • Syn: ↑Xenarthra • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Edentata, ↑order Edentata • Member Meronyms … Useful english dictionary
Xenarthra — noun armadillos; American anteaters; sloths • Syn: ↑suborder Xenarthra • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Edentata, ↑order Edentata • Member Meronyms … Useful english dictionary
