GIANT ANTEATER
Dictionary entry overview: What does giant anteater mean? • GIANT ANTEATER (noun)
The noun GIANT ANTEATER has 1 sense:
1. large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America
Familiarity information: GIANT ANTEATER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GIANT ANTEATER (noun)
Meaning:
Large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
ant bear; giant anteater; great anteater; Myrmecophaga jubata; tamanoir
Hypernyms ("giant 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 ("giant anteater" is a member of...):
genus Myrmecophaga; Myrmecophaga (type genus of the Myrmecophagidae; South American ant bear)
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