GREAT ANTEATER

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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

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("great anteater" 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 ("great anteater" is a member of...):

genus Myrmecophaga; Myrmecophaga (type genus of the Myrmecophagidae; South American ant bear)

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