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ta·man·dua \tə|mandə|wä, -njə-, ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷_wə\ noun Etymology: Portuguese tamanduá, from Tupi, literally, ant-catcher, from taixi ant + mondê to catch 1. -s a. : a prehensile-tailed arboreal anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla) of Central and So. America that is smaller than the ant bear and much more variable in marking, being sometimes gray striped with black and sometimes straw-colored and unstriped b. : an edentate anteater 2. capitalized [New Latin, from Portuguese tamanduá] : a genus comprising the tamandua |