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SILKY ANTEATER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does silky anteater mean? 

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

1. squirrel-sized South American toothless anteater with long silky golden furplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SILKY ANTEATER (noun)


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Meaning:

Squirrel-sized South American toothless anteater with long silky golden fur

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cyclopes didactylus; silky anteater; two-toed anteater

Hypernyms ("silky 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 ("silky anteater" is a member of...):

Cyclopes; genus Cyclopes (only the silky anteater)


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