A colonist has to tolerate the aardvark (3-4)

I believe the answer is:

ant-bear

'aardvark' is the definition.
(I know this)

'a colonist has to tolerate' is the wordplay.
'a colonist' becomes 'ant' (I've seen this in another clue).
'has' says to put letters next to each other.
'to tolerate' becomes 'bear' (synonyms).
'ant'+'bear'='ANT-BEAR'

'the' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.

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