HyperDic: ant_bear

English > 2 senses of the expression ant bear:
NOUNanimalant bear, giant anteater, great anteater, tamanoir, Myrmecophaga jubatalarge shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws
animalant bear, aardvark, anteater, Orycteropus afernocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites
English > ant bear: 2 senses > noun 1, animal
Meaninglarge shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America.
Synonymsgiant anteater, great anteater, tamanoir, Myrmecophaga jubata
Member ofMyrmecophaga, genus Myrmecophagatype genus of the Myrmecophagidae
Broaderanteater, New World anteaterAny of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack / lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
Spanishoso hormiguero gigante, tamanoir
English > ant bear: 2 senses > noun 2, animal
Meaningnocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata.
Synonymsaardvark, anteater, Orycteropus afer
Member ofOrycteropus, genus Orycteropuscoextensive with the family Orycteropodidae
Broaderplacental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammalmammals having a placenta
Spanishcerdo hormiguero, oricteropo, orycteropus afer, Orycteropus Afer, oso hormiguero
Catalanorycteropus afer, Orycteropus afer, ós formiguer, porc formiguer

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