ant bear

ant bear

n.

A large anteater (Myrmecophaga jubata), native to South America and characterized by white stripes that run along both sides of its body.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ant bear - large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America giant anteater, great anteater, Myrmecophaga jubata, tamanoir New World anteater, anteater - any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites genus Myrmecophaga, Myrmecophaga - type genus of the Myrmecophagidae; South American ant bear
	2.	ant bear - nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata aardvark, Orycteropus afer, anteater eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal - mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials genus Orycteropus, Orycteropus - coextensive with the family Orycteropodidae