oso hormiguero

Definitions of oso hormiguero
  1. noun
    a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia
  2. noun
    a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea
  3. noun
    small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct
  4. noun
    nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
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    type of:
    placentario
    mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
  5. noun
    any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
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    types:
    tamandúa
    small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America
    type of:
    desdentado
    primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America
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