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Meanings of ant bear in English
Portuguese
tamanduá-bandeira Large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America.
Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata.
Synonyms
Examples for "tamanoir"
Examples for "tamanoir"
1
When attacking an ant-castle, the tamanoir strikes a hole in the wall of clay with his powerful, crooked claws.
2
This thrust-and-parry game continued for some minutes, and might have lasted longer, had it not been for the young tamanoir.
3
The tamanoir of Buffon is called uaraca by the Indians; it is irascible and courageous, which is extraordinary in an animal without teeth.
4
Just at this moment the tamanoir, having turned round to address some conversation to her young companion, espied him, and sprang to her feet.
5
The chief creature engaged in that work is this most extraordinary denizen of the forest-theant-bear ,orgreat ant-eater(Myrmecophaga jubata), called also the tamanoir.
1
The final object in the wooden bowl, by far the largest, looked like a giant anteater with six legs.
2
The warriors were carrying the giant anteater figurine and Scarface had a sharpened branch and a miniature club in its forelegs.
3
This was not like the previously-reported fights between giant anteaters.
4
Two giant anteaters fight it out.
5
Giant anteaters prowl the forest floor, sloths slowly navigate low-hanging branches, and hook-beaked harpy eagles dive-bomb the canopy above.
1
The habits of the Myrmecophaga jubata are now pretty well known.
2
The great Ant-eater, Tamandua of the natives ( Myrmecophaga jubata), was not uncommon here.
3
The chief creature engaged in that work is this most extraordinary denizen of the forest-theant-bear ,orgreat ant-eater( Myrmecophaga jubata), called also the tamanoir.
4
The missionaries call them osso carnicero, to distinguish them from the osso palmero or tamanoir ( Myrmecophaga jubata), and from the osso hormigero, or anteater (tamandua).
Usage of ant bear in English
1
Then the ants bore into my eyes and I black out.
2
The kid watched a small caravan of ants bearing off among the arches of sheepribs.
Translations for ant bear
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