Akademik

Myrmecophagidae

noun

New World anteaters

• Syn: ↑family Myrmecophagidae

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Xenarthra, ↑suborder Xenarthra

• Member Meronyms:

↑anteater, ↑New World anteater, ↑Myrmecophaga, ↑genus Myrmecophaga, ↑Cyclopes, ↑genus Cyclopes, ↑genus Tamandua

* * *

\\ˌmərmə̇kōˈfajəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Myrmecophaga, type genus + -idae

: a family of edentate mammals including the So. American ant bear, the tamandua, and the silky anteater

Useful english dictionary. 2012.