tamanoir
IPA: tɑmɑnˈɔɪr
noun
- giant anteater
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Examples of "tamanoir" in Sentences
- Why, then, may I ask, do we hear so much talk of the "tamanoir," while not a word is said of the "aard-vark?"
- South American cousin the "tamanoir" (_Myrmecophaga jubata_), which of late years has become so famous as almost to usurp the title of
- The tamanoir of Buffon is called uaraca by the Indians; it is irascible and courageous, which is extraordinary in an animal without teeth.
- Just at this moment the tamanoir, having turned round to address some conversation to her young companion, espied him, and sprang to her feet.
- He has got, moreover, as "tall" a tail as the tamanoir, very nearly as long a snout, a mouth equally small, and a tongue as extensive and extensile.
- It was close to one of the ant-hills where the old tamanoir placed her young upon the ground, and turning away from it, she approached the great cone.
- But it shan't be so any longer; I stand up for the aard-vark; and, although the tamanoir has been specially called _Myrmecophaga_, or ant-eater, I say that the
- The missionaries call them osso carnicero, to distinguish them from the osso palmero or tamanoir (Myrmecophaga jubata), and from the osso hormigero, or anteater (tamandua).
- In size, habits, and the form of many parts of its body, it bears a striking resemblance to its South American cousin the "tamanoir," which of late years has become so famous as almost to usurp the title of "ant-eater."
- Its great curved claws, which bear a very striking resemblance to those of the ant-eaters -- especially the large _tamanoir_ of South America -- are used for the same purpose: that of breaking up the glutinous compost with which the termites construct their curious dwellings.
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