• (n.) An edentate animal of tropical America (the Tamanoir), living on ants. It belongs to the genus Myrmecophaga.
common name sometimes used for the giant anteater and for the aardvark. See anteater; aardvark.
Ant'-bear` noun (Zoology) An edentate animal of tropical America (the Tamanoir ), living on ants. It belongs to the genus Myrmecophaga . 
[n] - large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws
great anteater noun large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America