anteater vs placental

anteater and placental both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
anteater	Yes	No	No	No
placental	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

anteater: nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
placental: mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

Other hypernyms of anteater include eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental mammal.

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

anteater: toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites
placental: mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

Other hypernyms of anteater include eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental mammal.

anteater (noun)	placental (noun)
any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites	mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
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

anteater (adjective)	placental (adjective)
	pertaining to or having or occurring by means of a placenta