giant anteater

giant anteater
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

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