Definitions of tamandua
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small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America
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synonyms:
Tamandua tetradactyla, lesser anteater, tamandu
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type of:
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New World anteater, anteater
any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
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New World anteater, anteater
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