edentate vs anteater
anteater vs edentateedentate and anteater both are nouns.
edentate is an adjective but anteater is not an adjective.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| edentate | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| anteater | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
anteater is a hyponym of
edentate; that is, anteater is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
edentate:
- edentate: primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America
- anteater: any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
Other hyponyms of edentate include
armadillo, sloth, tree sloth, megatherian, megatherian mammal, megatheriid, mylodontid, mylodon, New World anteater.
| edentate (noun) | anteater (noun) |
|---|---|
| primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America | any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites |
| 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 |
| edentate (adjective) | anteater (adjective) |
|---|---|
| having few if any teeth |
Words related to "edentate"
Words related to "anteater"
- Cyclopes didactylus
- Manis
- Myrmecobius
- Myrmecobius fasciatus
- Myrmecophaga jubata
- Myrmecophagidae
- New World anteater
- Orycteropus
- Orycteropus afer
- Tachyglossus
- Tamandua tetradactyla
- Zaglossus
- aardvark
- ant bear
- banded anteater
- dasyurid
- dasyurid marsupial
- echidna
- edentate
- egg-laying mammal
- eutherian
- eutherian mammal
- family Myrmecophagidae
- genus Manis
- genus Myrmecobius
- genus Orycteropus
- genus Tachyglossus
- genus Zaglossus
- giant anteater
- great anteater
- lesser anteater
- monotreme
- numbat
- pangolin
- placental
- placental mammal
- scaly anteater
- silky anteater
- spiny anteater
- tamandu
- tamandua
- tamanoir
- two-toed anteater
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