Antbear (8)
I believe the answer is:
aardvark
'antbear' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for aardvark that I've seen before include "Ant-eating mammal" , "African mammal with long ears and snout" , "African nocturnal burrower" , "First animal to be found in a dictionary?" , "African edentate" .)