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Definition of Lesser anteater
1. Noun. Small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America.
Generic synonyms: Anteater, New World Anteater
Group relationships: Genus Tamandua
Definition of Lesser anteater
1. Noun. A common term for tamandua. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lesser Anteater
Literary usage of Lesser anteater
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Search for a Wilderness: An Account of Two Ornithological Expeditions to by Blair Niles, William Beebe (1910)
"Mr. Howell followed my tracks later in the afternoon and brought home a Tamandua,
or lesser anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla), which he shot in a tree. ..."
2. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1900)
"... the tenuissimus or bicipiti accessorius. This muscle is met with in many
mammals: thus, Fio. 4.—Thigh of lesser anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla). ..."
3. Costa Rica Alive! by Bruce Morris (2002)
"... we were brought closer than I ever expected to get to several boa constrictors,
a lesser anteater, iguanas, a baby crocodile and several types of bats. ..."
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