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Definition of Tamandua
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 Tamandua
1. Noun. An anteater of the genus ''Tamandua''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tamandua
1. an arboreal anteater [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tamandua
Literary usage of Tamandua
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1907)
"THE PROPER NAME OF THE MEXICAN tamandua. I am indebted to Mr. Walter L. Hahn, Aid,
... 394, Oct. 29, 1904), the correct name of the Mexican tamandua is ..."
2. A Geographical History of Mammals by Richard Lydekker (1896)
"11, tamandua ANTEATER. members of the family, each representing a genus by itselt,
namely the great anteater (Myrmecophaga), the tamandua ..."
3. Catalogue of Carnivorous, Pachydermatous, and Edentate Mammalia in the by John Edward Gray (1869)
"Tail covered with long hair. ** Arboreal. Tail conical, prehensile. 2. tamandua.
Teeth ^; covered with short hair. 3. ..."
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