TAMANDUA


Meaning of TAMANDUA in English

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

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