[from its remote likeness to a bear.] The popular name in British Guiana of the Great Ant-eater, Myrmecophaga jubata.
1691. Ray, Creation (1714), 372 (L.). Two sorts of Tamanduus [live] upon Ants, which therefore are called in English Ant-Bears.
1863. Cornh. Mag., Jan., 122. A huge ant-bear prowls along, his bushy tail curled over his back … and his long snout held close to the ground, as if in search of his insect prey.
