tamandua tetradactyla

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tamandua tetradactyla - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tamandu \Ta*man"du\, n. [Sp., from the native name: cf. F.
     tamandua.] (Zool.)
     A small ant-eater (Tamandua tetradactyla) native of the
     tropical parts of South America.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: It has five toes on the fore feet, an elongated snout,
           small ears, and short woolly hair. Its tail is stout
           and hairy at the base, tapering, and covered with
           minute scales, and is somewhat prehensile at the end.
           Called also tamandua, little ant-bear,
           fourmilier, and cagouare. The collared, or striped,
           tamandu (Tamandua bivittata) is considered a distinct
           species by some writers, but by others is regarded as
           only a variety.
           [1913 Webster]

tamandua tetradactyla - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Tamandua tetradactyla
      n 1: small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-
           clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central
           America [syn: tamandua, tamandu, lesser anteater,
           Tamandua tetradactyla]