‖ tamanoir
(tamanwar)
[F. corrupt form of Carib tamanoà, = Tupi tamanduà: see prec.]
The French name of the ant-bear: see prec. a.
| 1785 T. Jefferson Notes on Virginia vi. 85 Aboriginals of..America..Tamanoir. 1849 Sk. Nat. Hist., Mammalia IV. 212 In the general plan of its osteology the tamandua agrees with the tamanoir, but the bones of the muzzle are shorter than the cranial portion. Ibid. 213 In its manners the tamandua agrees with the tamanoir, with this difference, that it often climbs trees. |