ant bear

ant bear

n.1. The giant anteater.2. The aardvark.

aard•vark

(ˈɑrdˌvɑrk)

n. a large burrowing African mammal, Orycteropus afer, having a piglike snout and long sticky tongue for feeding on ants and termites. [1825–35; < Afrikaans erdvark < Dutch aardvarken=aarde earth + varken pig; see farrow¹]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ant bear - large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South Americagiant anteater, great anteater, Myrmecophaga jubata, tamanoirNew World anteater, anteater - any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termitesgenus 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 Tubulidentataaardvark, Orycteropus afer, anteatereutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal - mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupialsgenus Orycteropus, Orycteropus - coextensive with the family Orycteropodidae