silky anteater

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noun

an arboreal, tropical American anteater, Cyclopes didactylus, about the size of a rat, having a prehensile tail, glossy, golden fur, and two toes on each forelimb.

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Also called two-toed anteater.

Words nearby silky anteater

silk tree, silkweed, silkworm, silkworm moth, silky, silky anteater, silky cornel, silky flycatcher, silky oak, silky terrier, sill

Example sentences from the Web for silky anteater

But his fingers moved through her silky strands of hair, and then down her neck.
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Consider the trashy, silky sweatpants sent down the runway by Jarrar, complete with thick stripes running down the legs.
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Oak, great balance and a good finish with stone fruits and just enough oak to round the wine to a silky smooth feel on the palate.
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“If You Had My Love” was silky-smooth with just the right amount of anguished yearning.
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This silky rendition of the 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' theme song is irrepressibly groovy.
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I have an old sketch of a back view of three of them taken side by side; you see nothing but billows of fine silky hair.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
The leaf is of beautiful appearance, of almost a silky texture, and in color a rich brown.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Jess' chestnut hair was long and silky and nicely braided, but she never murmured as it came off too.
The Box-Car Children|Gertrude Chandler Warner
He stroked her short silky hair and proposed that they all go up into Violet's room with the moonflowers.
The Box-Car Children|Gertrude Chandler Warner
Laying her silky hand on mine in that kind of a way that I said I would die first.
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