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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 • any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites • nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata • small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct • a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea • a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia | ||||||||
| 31% | 8 | Echidna cousin | ||||||
noun • relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur • small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines | ||||||||
| 29% | 11 | Characteristic of an echidna's spines | ||||||
adjective satellite • (of animals) armored with bone | ||||||||
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