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Pangolin vs Anteater - What's the difference?

pangolin | anteater |

As nouns the difference between pangolin and anteater

is that pangolin is the scaly anteater; any of several long-tailed, scale-covered mammals of the order Pholidota of tropical Africa and Asia, the sole extant genus of which is Manis while anteater is any of several animals, in suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues.

pangolin

English

(wikipedia pangolin) (Pholidota)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The scaly anteater; any of several long-tailed, scale-covered mammals of the order Pholidota of tropical Africa and Asia, the sole extant genus of which is Manis .

    • Synonyms

    * trenggiling * scaly anteater

    Derived terms

    * Chinese pangolin * giant pangolin * ground pangolin * Indian pangolin * long-tailed pangolin * Philippine pangolin * Sunda pangolin * tree pangolin

    anteater

    English

    (wikipedia anteater)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several animals, in suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues.
  • A common term used of some other unrelated species that feed with ants, including pangolin (scaly anteater), echidna (spiny anteater), aardvark and numbat (banded anteater).

    • Derived terms

    * banded anteater * collared anteater * giant anteater * lesser anteater * scaly anteater * silky anteater * spiny anteater

    See also

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