Myrmecobius
Translingual
Myrmecobius fasciatus (sole species)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μύρμηκος (múrmēkos, “ant’s”), genitive of μύρμηξ (múrmēx, “ant”), + βίος (bíos, “life, living”) (hence "living off ants").
Proper noun
Myrmecobius m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Myrmecobiidae – the single species Myrmecobius fasciatus, the marsupial numbat of Australia.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Marsupialia - cohort; Dasyuromorphia - order; Myrmecobiidae - family
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