tə|mandə|wä, -njə-, ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷_wə noun
Etymology: Portuguese tamanduá, from Tupi, literally, ant-catcher, from taixi ant + mondê to catch
1. -s
a. : a prehensile-tailed arboreal anteater ( Tamandua tetradactyla ) of Central and So. America that is smaller than the ant bear and much more variable in marking, being sometimes gray striped with black and sometimes straw-colored and unstriped
b. : an edentate anteater
2. capitalized
[New Latin, from Portuguese tamanduá ]
: a genus comprising the tamandua