anteater
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites
Types & categories
- placental hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Manis member holonym
Sense 2 noun
any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
Types & categories
- edentate hypernym
- ant bear hyponym
- silky anteater hyponym
- tamandua hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Myrmecophagidae member holonym
Sense 3 noun
nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
Types & categories
- placental hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Orycteropus member holonym
Sense 4 noun
small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct
Types & categories
- dasyurid marsupial hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Myrmecobius member holonym
Sense 5 noun
a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea
Types & categories
- monotreme hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Zaglossus member holonym
Sense 6 noun
a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia
Types & categories
- monotreme hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Tachyglossus member holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Manis |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | placental |
| 2 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Myrmecophagidae |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | edentate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ant bear |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | silky anteater |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tamandua |
| 3 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Orycteropus |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | placental |
| 4 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Myrmecobius |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | dasyurid marsupial |
| 5 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Zaglossus |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | monotreme |
| 6 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Tachyglossus |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | monotreme |