anteater vs dasyurid marsupial

dasyurid marsupial vs anteater

anteater and dasyurid marsupial both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
anteater	Yes	No	No	No
dasyurid marsupial	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, dasyurid marsupial is a hypernym of anteater; that is, dasyurid marsupial is a word with a broader meaning than anteater:

anteater: small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct
dasyurid marsupial: small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania

Other hypernyms of anteater include dasyurid.

anteater (noun)	dasyurid marsupial (noun)
any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites	small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania
nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia
a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea
toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites
small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct

Difference between anteater and dasyurid marsupial

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