Meanings
noungiant anteater (plural giant anteaters)
plural giant anteaters
- The largest species of anteater, Myrmecophaga tridactyla, found in Central and South America.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounlarge shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America
Broader
anteaterNew World anteater
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan os formiguer
- os formiguerspecies
Danish stor myresluger
- stor myreslugerspecies
Dutch reuzenmiereneter, mierenbeer
- reuzenmiereneterspecies
- mierenbeerspecies
Finnish isomuurahaiskarhu
- isomuurahaiskarhuspecies
French fourmilier géant, tamanoir
- fourmilier géantspecies
- tamanoirspecies
German Großer Ameisenbär
- Großer Ameisenbärspecies
Greek γιγαντιαίος μυρμηγκοφάγος
- γιγαντιαίος μυρμηγκοφάγος (gigantiaíos myrmigkofágos)species
Hungarian sörényes hangyász
- sörényes hangyászspecies
Japanese 大蟻食
- 大蟻食 (ōarikui)species
Polish mrówkojad wielki
- mrówkojad wielkispecies
Portuguese tamanduá-bandeira
- tamanduá-bandeiraspecies
Romanian furnicar gigant
- furnicar gigantspecies
Russian гига́нтский муравье́д
- гига́нтский муравье́д (gigántskij muravʹjéd)species
Spanish oso hormiguero gigante
- oso hormiguero gigantespecies
Swahili mhanga mkubwa
- mhanga mkubwaspecies
Swedish jättemyrslok
- jättemyrslokspecies
Cite this entry
APA
giant anteater. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/giant%20anteater
MLA
“giant anteater.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/giant%20anteater. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “giant anteater,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/giant%20anteater.
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