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monotreme vs anteater

anteater vs monotreme

monotreme and anteater both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
monotreme Yes No No No
anteater Yes No No No
As nouns, anteater is a hyponym of monotreme; that is, anteater is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than monotreme:
  • monotreme: the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria
  • anteater: a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia
Other hyponyms of monotreme include echidna, spiny anteater, echidna, spiny anteater, duck-billed platypus, duckbill, duckbilled platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, platypus.
monotreme (noun) anteater (noun)
the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria 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
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