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spiny anteater

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spiny anteater
n.
See echidna.
spiny anteater
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for echidna
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Noun1.spiny anteater - a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termitesspiny anteater - a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea
echidna, anteater
egg-laying mammal, monotreme - the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria
genus Zaglossus, Zaglossus - a genus of Tachyglossidae
2.spiny anteater - a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termitesspiny anteater - a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia
echidna, anteater
egg-laying mammal, monotreme - the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria
genus Tachyglossus, Tachyglossus - type genus of the family Tachyglossidae
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Lead author Dr Matt Phillips, of the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra, said that the echidna has evolved from the semi-aquatic platypus-like form to the modern terrestrial spiny anteater in a relatively short time.
Platypus and echidna diverged from same ancestor between 19 and 48 ... by Asian News International
Gingerly holding the spiny anteater, named Spike, the royal grimaced and yelped: ``It's pretty feisty.
Ouch! Get this little prickler off me * by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
They are the echidna, a spiny anteater, and the duck-billed platypus, both from Australia.
JUST ASK by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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