great anteater


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Noun1.great anteater - large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful clawsgreat anteater - large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America
ant bear, giant 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
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