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    FAMILY MYRMECOPHAGIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    New World anteatersplay

    Synonyms:

    family Myrmecophagidae; Myrmecophagidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Myrmecophagidae" is a kind of...):

    mammal family (a family of mammals)

    Meronyms (members of "family Myrmecophagidae"):

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

    genus Myrmecophaga; Myrmecophaga (type genus of the Myrmecophagidae; South American ant bear)

    Cyclopes; genus Cyclopes (only the silky anteater)

    genus Tamandua (lesser anteater)

    Holonyms ("family Myrmecophagidae" is a member of...):

    suborder Xenarthra; Xenarthra (armadillos; American anteaters; sloths)

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