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toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites
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any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
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New World anteater
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nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites
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- sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
noun
small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites
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numbat
banded anteater
Myrmecobius fasciatus
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- nearly extinct
noun
a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites
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- native to New Guinea
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a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites
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- native to Australia