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tank(1)(dictionary)
tank(3)(dictionary)
Think Tank(money)
In the Tank(money)
tank(medicine)
tank(encyclopedia)
think tank(encyclopedia)
tank top(dictionary)
think tank(dictionary)

anteater (oh) and tank (medicine)


anteater (oh)



an animal that has a very long nose and eats small insects

tank (medicine)


tank


A large basin or cistern; an artificial receptacle for liquids. Tank engine, a locomotive which carries the water and fuel it requires, thus dispensing with a tender. Tank iron, plate iron thinner than boiler plate, and thicker than sheet iron or stovepipe iron.

<zoology> Tank worm, a small nematoid worm found in the water tanks of India, supposed by some to be the young of the Guinea worm.

Origin: Pg. Tanque, L. Stangum a pool; or perhaps of East Indian origin. Cf. Stank.

Source: Websters Dictionary