Definitions for tamanduatəˈmæn du ə

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ta•man•du•atəˈmæn du ə(n.)(pl.)-du•as.

  1. an arboreal tropical American anteater, Tamandua tetradactyla, having a prehensile tail.

    Category: Mammals

Origin of tamandua:

1605–15; < Pg < Tupi: lit., ant-trapper

Princeton's WordNet

  1. tamandua, tamandu, lesser anteater, Tamandua tetradactyla(noun)

    small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America

Wiktionary

  1. tamandua(Noun)

    An anteater of the genus Tamandua.


Translations for tamandua

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

ant-eater(noun)

any of several toothless animals with long snouts, that feed on ants.

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