Definitions of ant bear
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large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America
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synonyms:
Myrmecophaga jubata, giant anteater, great anteater, tamanoir
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type of:
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New World anteater, anteater
any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
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New World anteater, anteater
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nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
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synonyms:
Orycteropus afer, aardvark, anteater
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type of:
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eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal
mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
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eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal
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