Definitions of New World anteater
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any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
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synonyms:
anteater
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types:
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Myrmecophaga jubata, ant bear, giant anteater, great anteater, tamanoir
large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America
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Cyclopes didactylus, silky anteater, two-toed anteater
squirrel-sized South American toothless anteater with long silky golden fur
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Tamandua tetradactyla, lesser anteater, tamandu, tamandua
small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America
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type of:
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edentate
primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America
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Myrmecophaga jubata, ant bear, giant anteater, great anteater, tamanoir
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