BANDED ANTEATER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does banded anteater mean? 

• BANDED ANTEATER (noun)
  The noun BANDED ANTEATER has 1 sense:

1. small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct

  Familiarity information: BANDED ANTEATER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BANDED ANTEATER (noun)

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Meaning:

Small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

anteater; banded anteater; Myrmecobius fasciatus; numbat

Hypernyms ("banded anteater" is a kind of...):

dasyurid; dasyurid marsupial (small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania)

Holonyms ("banded anteater" is a member of...):

genus Myrmecobius; Myrmecobius (banded anteater)