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Tapir vs Anteater - What's the difference?

tapir | anteater |

As nouns the difference between tapir and anteater

is that tapir is any one the species of large odd-toed ungulates of the taxonomic family family: Tapiridae with a long prehensile upper lip, of which all four surviving species are in genus genus: Tapirus 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.

tapir

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any one the species of large odd-toed ungulates of the taxonomic family .

    • Hyponyms

    * Baird's tapir, * Brazilian tapir, * Malayan tapir, * mountain tapir, * † * † * † * † * †

    External links

    * ("tapir" on Wikipedia) * (Tapirus) * (Tapirus)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    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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