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The largest species of anteater, Myrmecophaga tridactyla, found in Central and South America.
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Giant Anteater — Giant Anteater[1] Conservation status … Wikipedia
giant anteater — n. ANT BEAR (sense 1) … English World dictionary
giant anteater — didžioji skruzdėda statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Myrmecophaga tridactyla angl. giant anteater; great anteater vok. großer Ameisenbär; Yurumi rus. большой муравьед; гигантский муравьед; трёхпалый… … Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas
giant anteater — noun large shaggy haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America • Syn: ↑ant bear, ↑great anteater, ↑tamanoir, ↑Myrmecophaga jubata • Hypernyms: ↑anteater, ↑New World anteater … Useful english dictionary
giant anteater — noun Date: 1940 a large bushy tailed anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) of Central and South America … New Collegiate Dictionary
giant anteater — a large, narrow bodied anteater, Myrmecophaga tridactyla, having a long, tapering snout and extensile tongue, powerful front claws, and a shaggy gray coat marked with a conspicuous black band. * * * … Universalium
giant anteater — gi′ant ant′eater n. mam a large tropical American anteater, Myrmecophaga tridactyla, with a long, bushy tail … From formal English to slang
giant anteater — /dʒaɪənt ˈæntitə/ (say juyuhnt anteetuh) noun → anteater (def. 3a) …
anteater — /ant ee teuhr/, n. 1. any of several mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae, having a long, tapered snout, extensile tongue, and powerful front claws and feeding chiefly on ants and termites. Cf. giant anteater, silky anteater, tamandua. 2. the… … Universalium
Anteater — Taxobox name = Anteaters image caption = Northern Tamandua ( Tamandua mexicana ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia superordo = Xenarthra ordo = Pilosa subordo = Vermilingua subordo authority = Illiger, 1811 subdivision ranks … Wikipedia
