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anteater vs tamanoir

tamanoir vs anteater

anteater and tamanoir both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
anteater Yes No No No
tamanoir Yes No No No
As nouns, tamanoir is a hyponym of anteater; that is, tamanoir 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
  • tamanoir: large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America
Other hyponyms of anteater include ant bear, giant anteater, great anteater, Myrmecophaga jubata, Cyclopes didactylus, silky anteater, two-toed anteater, lesser anteater, tamandu, tamandua, Tamandua tetradactyla.
anteater (noun) tamanoir (noun)
any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South 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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