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Meanings of giant anteater in English

Portuguese
tamanduá-bandeira

Large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America.

        tamanduá-bandeira
        Usage of giant anteater in English
        1
        The final object in the wooden bowl, by far the largest, looked like a giant anteater with six legs.
        The Complete Rama Omnibus
        2
        The warriors were carrying the giant anteater figurine and Scarface had a sharpened branch and a miniature club in its forelegs.
        The Complete Rama Omnibus
        3
        This was not like the previously-reported fights between giant anteaters.
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        4
        Two giant anteaters fight it out.
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        5
        Giant anteaters prowl the forest floor, sloths slowly navigate low-hanging branches, and hook-beaked harpy eagles dive-bomb the canopy above.
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        6
        When they perceive a threat, giant anteaters typically scent the air first before shuffling off, but this one just started running.
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        7
        With just one whiff, a trained scat-detection dog can find feces from animals ranging from giant anteaters to Pacific pocket mice.
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        8
        We are now rewilding in northern Argentina and have brought back species such as giant anteaters, white-collared peccaries and the pampas deer.
        The Guardian
        Translations for giant anteater