[n] nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata [n] large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America
aardvark, anteater, giant anteater, great anteater, Myrmecophaga jubata, Orycteropus afer, tamanoir