Noun: tamandu 'ta-mun,doo
- Small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America
"The tamandu uses its long tongue to catch ants and termites";
- tamandua, lesser anteater, Tamandua tetradactyla
Derived forms: tamandus
Type of: anteater, New World anteater
Part of: genus Tamandua
Encyclopedia: Tamandu