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Definition of Numbat

1. Noun. Small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct.

Definition of Numbat

1. Noun. A small marsupial carnivore endemic to western Australia that eats almost exclusively termites; ''Myrmecobius fasciatus''. Formerly also known as banded anteater. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Numbat

1. a small Australian mammal [n -S]

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Literary usage of Numbat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American law register by University of Pennsylvania Dept. of Law (1872)
"And a judge so elected cannot be transferred to, and Jurisdiction giv/ii to him over other territory, in which he was not elected, by changing the numbat of ..."

2. Diary of Ten Years Eventful Life of an Early Settler in Western Australia by George Fletcher Moore (1884)
"numbat, s.—An animal found in the York district of a brownish hue, with whitish stripes across the loins. This animal is not marsupial but the young are ..."

3. A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the by George Fletcher Moore (1842)
"numbat, subst.—An animal found in the York district of a brownish hue, with whitish stripes across the loins. This animal is not marsupial, but the young ..."

4. The Bushman; Or, Life in a New Country by Edward Wilson Landor (1847)
"The white and the black cockatoo are common to the three colonies, as are many kinds of the smaller parrots, the kangaroo, and the kangaroo-rat, the numbat, ..."

5. Australia by Peter Hinze (2001)
"... and the numbat or banded ant-eater, which live in South and Southwestern Australia. The Australian ornithological world comprises some 720 species, ..."

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