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MYRMECOBIUS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Banded anteater

Synonyms:

genus Myrmecobius; Myrmecobius

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Myrmecobius"):

anteater; banded anteater; Myrmecobius fasciatus; numbat (small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct)

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

Dasyuridae; family Dasyuridae; family Dasyurinae (dasyures; native cats; pouched mice; banded anteaters; Tasmanian devils)

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