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LESSER ANTEATER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lesser anteater mean? 

LESSER ANTEATER (noun)
  The noun LESSER ANTEATER has 1 sense:

1. small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central Americaplay

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


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LESSER ANTEATER (noun)


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Meaning:

Small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

lesser anteater; tamandu; tamandua; Tamandua tetradactyla

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

anteater; New World anteater (any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites)

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

genus Tamandua (lesser anteater)


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