GIANT ANTEATER

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 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)

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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)