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Ant bear

noun

Large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America. Synonyms: giant anteater, great anteater, Myrmecophaga jubata, tamanoir.

Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata. Synonyms: aardvark, anteater, Orycteropus afer.

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Words linked to "Ant bear" : Orycteropus, placental, eutherian, genus Myrmecophaga, New World anteater, genus Orycteropus, eutherian mammal, Myrmecophaga, placental mammal