XENARTHRA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Xenarthra mean? 

• XENARTHRA (noun)
  The noun XENARTHRA has 1 sense:

1. armadillos; American anteaters; sloths

  Familiarity information: XENARTHRA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• XENARTHRA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Armadillos; American anteaters; sloths

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

suborder Xenarthra; Xenarthra

Hypernyms ("Xenarthra" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Xenarthra"):

Dasypodidae; family Dasypodidae (armadillos)

Bradypodidae; family Bradypodidae (a family of edentates comprising the true sloths)

family Megalonychidae; Megalonychidae (mammal family consisting of the two-toed sloths)

family Megatheriidae; Megatheriidae (extinct ground sloths)

family Myrmecophagidae; Myrmecophagidae (New World anteaters)

Holonyms ("Xenarthra" is a member of...):

Edentata; order Edentata (order of mammals having few or no teeth including: New World anteaters; sloths; armadillos)