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numbat

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A small marsupial carnivore, Myrmecobius fasciatus, endemic to western Australia, that eats almost exclusively termites.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: banded anteater, anteater, Myrmecobius fasciatus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dasyurid marsupial, dasyurid

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Nyunga nhumbad.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 袋食蟻獸 /袋食蚁兽 (dàishíyǐshòu) — small marsupial
  • Czech: mravencojed žíhaný — small marsupial
  • Esperanto: numbato — small marsupial
  • Finnish: pussimuurahaiskarhu — small marsupial
  • Finnish: numbatti — small marsupial
  • French: numbat — small marsupial
  • French: myrmécopie à bandes — small marsupial
  • German: Ameisenbeutler — small marsupial
  • Greek: νούμπατ (noúmpat) — small marsupial
  • Hungarian: erszényeshangyász — small marsupial
  • Hungarian: numbat — small marsupial
  • Japanese: 袋蟻食 (fukuroarikui) — small marsupial
  • Latvian: nambats — small marsupial
  • Lithuanian: sterblinė skruzdėda — small marsupial
  • Navajo: tsinaʼayąʼii yildeełí — small marsupial
  • Polish: mrówkożer — small marsupial
  • Polish: mrówkożer workowaty — small marsupial
  • Romanian: numbat — small marsupial
  • Russian: су́мчатый муравье́д (súmčatyj muravʹjéd) — small marsupial
  • Russian: на́мбат (námbat) — small marsupial
  • Russian: намба́т (nambát) — small marsupial
  • Serbo-Croatian: numbat — small marsupial
  • Serbo-Croatian: mravljar — small marsupial
  • Slovak: numbat pásavý — small marsupial
  • Spanish: numbat — small marsupial
  • Swahili: numbati — small marsupial
  • Swedish: myrpungdjur — small marsupial