Noun: giant anteater
- Large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America
"The giant anteater tore open the termite mound with its claws";
- ant bear, great anteater, tamanoir, Myrmecophaga jubata
Derived forms: giant anteaters
Type of: anteater, New World anteater
Part of: genus Myrmecophaga, Myrmecophaga
Encyclopedia: Giant anteater