English noun: ant bear |
1. | ant bear (animal) large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America |
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| Synonyms | giant anteater, great anteater, Myrmecophaga jubata, tamanoir |
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| Broader (hypernym) | anteater, New World anteater |
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| Member meronym | genus Myrmecophaga, Myrmecophaga |
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2. | ant bear (animal) nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata |
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| Synonyms | aardvark, anteater, Orycteropus afer |
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| Broader (hypernym) | eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal |
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| Member meronym | genus Orycteropus, Orycteropus |
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