ant bear
n 1: large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and
powerful claws; of South America [syn: {ant bear}, {giant
anteater}, {great anteater}, {tamanoir}, {Myrmecophaga
jubata}]
2: nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that
feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order
Tubulidentata [syn: {aardvark}, {ant bear}, {anteater},
{Orycteropus afer}]