Etymology

tamanoir

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French tamanoir ← Tupian
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  1. Tupian · derived from
  2. French · borrowed fromtamanoir
  3. English todaytamanoir

From French tamanoir, a variant representation of the same Tupian word as tamandua. Doublet of tamandua.

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