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ANT BEAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
Synonyms:
aardvark; ant bear; anteater; Orycteropus afer
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ant bear" is a kind of...):
eutherian; eutherian mammal; placental; placental mammal (mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)
Holonyms ("ant bear" is a member of...):
genus Orycteropus; Orycteropus (coextensive with the family Orycteropodidae)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America
Synonyms:
ant bear; giant anteater; great anteater; Myrmecophaga jubata; tamanoir
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("ant bear" is a kind of...):
anteater; New World anteater (any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites)
Holonyms ("ant bear" is a member of...):
genus Myrmecophaga; Myrmecophaga (type genus of the Myrmecophagidae; South American ant bear)
