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Meanings of numbat in English
Small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct.
Synonyms
Examples for "anteater"
Examples for "anteater"
1
The anteater can suck up water and be used as a watering can.
2
A sort of anteater called a tamandua uses the ex-burrow as a nursery.
3
Snuffy is Petra's stuffed anteater, which she sleeps with each night.
4
They've got the mug of an anteater and the spines of a porcupine.
5
Twin heads, each with a matching anteater proboscis, presumably once drills.
Usage of numbat in English
1
What kind of social-insect-eating mammal is stranger than a numbat?
2
Just five years ago, the numbat - Western Australia's animal emblem - found itself on the edge of that pit.
3
Habitat loss along with rising temperatures are pushing many more -like the iconic koala, northern hairy-nosedwombat and the numbat -to the brink.
4
A population 'explosion' of the good sort It is estimated the number of numbats in Dryandra has now increased to about 400.
5
Cameras reveal hundreds of predators Before European settlers arrived, numbats were widespread throughout southern Australia, from Western Australia to New South Wales.
6
A 1,000-hectare predator-proof fence was also built to ensure an "insurance population" of both numbats and woylies.
Numbat through the time