ant bear

aardvark.

Origin of ant bear

First recorded in 1545–55

I am told that up in the Drakensberg yonder the ant-bear holes are full of Englishmen.

Jess |H. Rider Haggard
While journeying through the interior of Brazil I not infrequently came across the big tamandua, the ant-bear or ant-eater.

A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open |Theodore Roosevelt
It is not every day that a Boer frau has the chance of seeing a real live English rooibaatje baited like an ant-bear on the flat.

Jess |H. Rider Haggard
There is another singularity in the anatomy of the ant-bear, I believe as yet unnoticed in the page of natural history.

Wanderings in South America |Charles Waterton

Suddenly the Vilderbeeste's horse put his foot into an ant-bear hole and fell heavily, throwing his rider on to his head.

Jess |H. Rider Haggard

ant bear

another name for aardvark