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anteater
A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia
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A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia
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A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea
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Small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct
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Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
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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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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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