PANGOLIN Synonyms
There are 10 hypernyms of the word pangolin. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for PANGOLIN
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| scaly anteater | nounn | |||||
noun • toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites | ||||||
| anteater | nounn | |||||
noun • toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites • any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites • nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata • small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct • a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea • a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia | ||||||
| mammal | nounn | |||||
noun • any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk | ||||||
| scaly | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf • having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles | ||||||
| pangolins | nounn | |||||
noun • toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites | ||||||