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anteater vs lesser anteater

lesser anteater vs anteater

anteater and lesser anteater both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
anteater Yes No No No
lesser anteater Yes No No No
As nouns, lesser anteater is a hyponym of anteater; that is, lesser anteater is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than anteater:
  • anteater: any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
  • lesser anteater: small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America
Other hyponyms of anteater include ant bear, giant anteater, great anteater, Myrmecophaga jubata, tamanoir, Cyclopes didactylus, silky anteater, two-toed anteater, tamandu, tamandua, Tamandua tetradactyla.
anteater (noun) lesser anteater (noun)
any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America
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
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