ant bear

Noun
  1. Large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws;
    Of South America (synset 102463082)
    is a type of: anteater, new world anteater - any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
    belongs to: genus myrmecophaga, myrmecophaga - type genus of the Myrmecophagidae; South American ant bear
    same as: giant anteater, great anteater, myrmecophaga jubata, tamanoir
  2. Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites;
    Sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata (synset 102085443)
    is a type of: eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal - mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
    belongs to: genus orycteropus, orycteropus - coextensive with the family Orycteropodidae
    same as: aardvark, anteater, orycteropus afer

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