Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A small marsupial carnivore endemic to western Australia that eats almost exclusively termites; Myrmecobius fasciatus. Formerly also known as banded anteater.
WordNet 3.0
- n. small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct
Examples
“The squirrel-sized numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus, VU), is one example - the marsupial equivalent to the anteaters of South America and also known by the names of walpurti or banded anteater, the numbat is the only member of the family Myrmecobiidae.”
“Yet, in Asaf Gilboa's lab, they quickly learn and retain information about exotic fruits or animals they had never heard of before, like an Australian anteater called the numbat.”
“Food: Boodschappen doen « The expat numbat: from AU to NL”
“In which a numbat moves from Australia to the Netherlands to study for a PhD.”
“Things I learned at school « The expat numbat: from AU to NL”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘numbat’.
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Australasian mammals
Australasian mammals, monotremes, anteater, duckbill, echidna, giant anteater, ornithorhynchus, platypus, porcupine, water mole, carnivorous marsu..., banded anteater and 220 more...
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Just Batty
vesper bat, vampire bat, fruit bat, baseball bat, Roy Batty, Townsend's big-ea..., Kitti's Hog-nosed..., giant golden-crow..., pipistrelle bat, Birdlike Noctule, stellaluna, Allen's Big-eared... and 174 more...
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stripes and bands
variegated armadillos and other asundry bands and stripes
fajada, raye, apar, fasciated, hemigalus, numbat, onyx, tatouay, tortrix, coquina, peba, myrmecobius and 113 more...
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Animals (besides pottos)
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robin, wagtail, frog, bunny, pronk, rabbit, fur, badger, mouse, bee, crepuscular, purr and 140 more...
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sionnach's Words
contumely, fomite, holmgang, poltroon, eleemosynary, obsidian, nugatory, grindcore, felch, recrudescent, pyx, parenteral and 3271 more...
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Stately Animals
Animals and birds of nations and states. Also see Stately Plants
lion, eagle, fennec fox, dragon, blue whale, magnificent friga..., cougar, kangaroo, emu, black eagle, orca whale, flamingo and 233 more...
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Australian Fauna
endemic species of terra australis
phascogale, wombat, ornithoryncus, wambenger, tuan, potoroo, platypus, echidna, bilby, bandicoot, antechinus, numbat and 101 more...
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Animals With Nifty Names
hamster, gerbil, ferret, horse, skink, newt, shark, octopus, weasel, panda, giraffe, hyena and 129 more...
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Critters
cockle, cicada, appaloosa, brachiopod, bivalve, aye-aye, cygnet, alewife, chamois, ermine, drake, dugong and 381 more...
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Australiana
quokka, wombat, numbat, bonzer, grouse, woop woop, not the full quid, zac, mate, koala, chunder, vegemite and 49 more...
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pouchy keen
Names of some of our non-placental animal friends
bandicoot, quoll, numbat, wombat, opossum, kangaroo, koala, bilby, wallaby, tasmanian devil, dunnart, mulgara and 59 more...
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zoology
animals of interest
sloth, kakapo, kaka, hoatzin, numbat, wombat, hyena, wallaby, emu, morepork, jackdaw, magpie and 73 more...
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Miscellany, pt. n
nidifugous, napifolious, nimravid, nirvil, nephsystem, nepte, niello, neeze, nebelwerfer, naupegus, naumachia, neoteny and 18 more...
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Kangaroo Court
Kangaroos and other marsupials.
kangaroo, wallaby, tree kangaroo, pademelon, potoroo, dingiso, tenkile, wallaroo, dorcopsis, mernine, monjon, nabarlek and 43 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for numbat.
reesetee I picture it as a bat with carpal tunnel syndrome. Sep 4, 2008
gangerh Like a cricketbat but testier. Sep 4, 2008
yarb Like a wombat, but tastier. Sep 4, 2008
she Somehow, I pictured numbat as more of a sloth (relating numbness to slowness). Sep 4, 2008
chained_bear A small rare termite-eating marsupial, Myrmecobius fasciatus, native to south-western Australia, having a pointed snout, bushy tail, and red-brown fur with white stripes across the back and hindquarters. Also called banded anteater. Feb 16, 2007