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ta·man·dua (tä′män dwä′)

noun

a small, tree-dwelling species (Tamandua tetradactyla, family Myrmecophagidae) of edentate anteaters of tropical America, with a naked tail and large ears

Etymology: Port tamanduá < Tupí < ta (contr. of tacy, ant) + monduar, hunter

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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