Ant-bear meaning

The giant anteater.
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The aardvark.
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A large, ant-eating, edentate mammal (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) of Central America and tropical South America, with a long, shaggy tail; giant anteater.
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Aardvark (Orycteropus afer)
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Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)
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Alternative spelling of ant bear.
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Ant-bear Sentence Examples

  • Among edentata the ant-bear, scaly ant-eater and porcupine are plentiful.

  • Of animals still found may be mentioned baboons and monkeys, the leopard, red lynx (Felis caracal), spotted hyena, aard wolf, wild cat, long-eared fox, jackals of various kinds, the dassie or rock rabbit, the scaly anteater, the ant bear (aardvaark), the mongoose and the spring haas, a rodent of the jerboa family.

  • Numerous species of monkeys inhabit the forests of the tropical region, together with the puma, jaguar, wildcat, coati, tapir or anta, sloth, ant-bear, paca (Coelogenys paca) and capybara.

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