NOUN | animal | Myrmecophaga jubata, ant bear, giant anteater, great anteater, tamanoir | large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws |
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Meaning | large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America. | |
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Synonyms | ant bear, giant anteater, great anteater, tamanoir | |
Member of | Myrmecophaga, genus Myrmecophaga | type genus of the Myrmecophagidae |
Broader | anteater, New World anteater | Any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack / lack teeth and feed on ants and termites |
Spanish | oso hormiguero gigante, tamanoir |
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