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Ant-bear

Ant-bear \Ant"-bear`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) An edentate animal of tropical America (the Tamanoir), living on ants. It belongs to the genus Myrmecophaga.

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ant-bear

n. (alternative spelling of ant bear English)

Usage examples of "ant-bear".

Also in Africa is the weird ant-bear or aardvark, which is partially specialized for digging.

The ant-bear hole was screened from the driver's view by the pale desert grass.

Craig had set off one grenade from each case, popping them down an ant-bear hole to a satisfactory Crump and cloud of dust.

They startled a yellow sand-cat from an ant-bear burrow, and so intent was the big cat on its escape that it ran headlong into the sticky yellow web of a crab spider.

Then she knelt down and crept into the hole, while after her came Robert, and after him the two Zulus, who protested that they were not ant-bears to burrow under ground.