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Noun: banded anteater  'ban-did 'ant,ee-tu(r)
  1. Small Australian marsupial having a long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct
    "The numbat is also known as the banded anteater"; "The Myrmecobius fasciatus is also known as the banded anteater";
    - numbat, anteater, Myrmecobius fasciatus

Derived forms: banded anteaters

Type of: dasyurid, dasyurid marsupial

Part of: genus Myrmecobius, Myrmecobius