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View synonyms for ant bear

ant bear

noun



ant bear

noun

  1. another name for aardvark
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ant bear1

First recorded in 1545–55
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Example Sentences

Third, a live grouse with its legs tied together; fourth, the soft, tanned pelt of an ant bear.

An animal which has some resemblance to a bear in form or habits, but no real affinity; as, the woolly bear; ant bear; water bear; sea bear.

He is——" "The Cape ant bear," finished Mr. Pottle, "or earth pig.

Yes, they did that; slep’ with me a watching ’em from an ant bear hole.

I then tried elephants, and after that camels and zebras, and finally, hoping that their odd shapes might bring me repose, I tried ant bears, but all in vain.

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