He hid his saddle and bridle in an ant-bear hole and they walked down through the reeds to the water. ❋ Smith, Wilbur (1964)
Whereas the tapir has a hog-like skin, the ant-bear has long, bristly hairs. ❋ G. Whitfield Ray (N/A)
While journeying through the interior of Brazil I not infrequently came across the big tamandua, the ant-bear or ant-eater. ❋ Unknown (1916)
Like the terrestrial ant-bear of Brazil they walked slowly on the outer edges of their fore feet, which were armed with long and powerful digging claws. ❋ Unknown (1916)
Several times we saw the tamandu&á bandeira, the giant ant-bear. ❋ Unknown (1914)
Besides, here and there, the ground was bad with ant-bear holes, which had to be avoided, for a fall would mean disaster. ❋ Unknown (1910)
Bottom there was none; the bottomlessness of it only became more apparent when one or other of the horses stumbled into the hole of an ant-bear. ❋ Hamilton Brock Fuller (1905)
She plunged over stones that were noisy and ragged underfoot; she tumbled in ant-bear holes and bruised herself on ant-hills. ❋ Perceval Gibbon (1902)
There was an old ant-bear hole hidden in the grass, into which the horse trod, and falling, rolled over on its rider. ❋ Unknown (1899)
The ant-bear had carved its way deep into the bowels of the earth, gradually but relentlessly dragging the hapless pony down until its posterior parts hermetically sealed up the burrow. ❋ Unknown (1899)
Their schanses and their kranzes and their ant-bear dugouts ain't goin 'to help them this mop-up. ❋ Gilbert Parker (1897)
So all that remained of the Basuto Cheat having been dragged forth and thrust unceremoniously into an ant-bear hole by Otter, who while he disposed of the body did not spare to taunt the spirit of his late treacherous foe, the corpse of Thomas Outram was laid in its place, and Leonard sat himself by its side in the gloom of the cave. ❋ Henry Rider Haggard (1890)
I suppose the poor thing has been hiding in the ant-bear holes with nothing to eat. ❋ Henry Rider Haggard (1890)
English _rooibaatje_ baited like an ant-bear on the flat. ❋ Henry Rider Haggard (1890)
I am told that up in the Drakensberg yonder the ant-bear holes are full of Englishmen. ❋ Henry Rider Haggard (1890)
Suddenly the Vilderbeeste's horse put his foot into an ant-bear hole and fell heavily, throwing his rider on to his head. ❋ Henry Rider Haggard (1890)
Benita of the Bay of Biscay in a storm, across half-dried vleis that in the wet season were ponds, through stony ground and patches of ant-bear holes in which they nearly came to grief. ❋ Henry Rider Haggard (1890)
To begin with, rain had fallen, and obliterated our spoor; and what is more, the sides of the vast pit were full of ant-bear and other holes. ❋ Henry Rider Haggard (1890)
As for Khiva himself, we buried what remained of him in an ant-bear hole, together with an assegai to protect himself with on his journey to a better world. ❋ Henry Rider Haggard (1890)
