tamanoir

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noun

giant anteater

Similar
ant beargiant anteatergreat anteaterMyrmecophaga jubata
OriginFrench tamanoir ← Tupian →
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Meanings

nountamanoir (plural tamanoirs)

plural tamanoirs

  1. giant anteater

Synonyms & antonyms

nounlarge shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America

Similar
ant beargiant anteatergreat anteaterMyrmecophaga jubata
Broader
anteaterNew World anteater
Also see
ant beargiant anteater

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Tupian
  2. Frenchtamanoir
  3. Englishtamanoir

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

tamanoir. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tamanoir

MLA

“tamanoir.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tamanoir. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tamanoir,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tamanoir.

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