ant bear

/ænt bɛər/

Other forms: ant bears

Definitions of ant bear

1. noun

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

   type of:

   New World anteater, anteater

   any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
2. noun

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

   type of:

   eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal

   mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials