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Noun: tamandua  tu'man-d(y)oo-u
  1. Small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America
    "The tamandua uses its long tongue to catch ants and termites";
    - tamandu, lesser anteater, Tamandua tetradactyla

Derived forms: tamanduas

Type of: anteater, New World anteater

Part of: genus Tamandua

Encyclopedia: Tamandua