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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of insectivorous marsupials, typical of the subfamily Myrmecobiinæ.
- noun In entomology, a genus of dermestid beetles, erected by Lucas in 1846. The only species is M. agilis, an active little black beetle, one twelfth of an inch long, found in ants' nests in Algeria.
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- noun banded anteater
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September 5, 2008