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tamandu vs anteater

anteater vs tamandu

tamandu and anteater both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
tamandu Yes No No No
anteater Yes No No No
As nouns, anteater is a hypernym of tamandu; that is, anteater is a word with a broader meaning than tamandu:
  • tamandu: small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America
  • anteater: any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
Other hypernyms of tamandu include New World anteater.
tamandu (noun) anteater (noun)
small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central 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
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