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numbat
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun numbat has 1 sense
- numbat(n = noun.animal) anteater, banded anteater, myrmecobius fasciatus - small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct; Array is a kind of dasyurid, dasyurid marsupial
is a member of genus myrmecobius, myrmecobius
OXFORD DICTIONARY
numbat, n. a small Australian marsupial, Myrmecobius fasciatus, with a bushy tail and black and white striped back.
Etymology
Aboriginal
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