What is "tamandu"

Tamandu \Ta*man"du\, n. [Sp., from the native name: cf. F. tamandua.] (Zo["o]l.) A small ant-eater ( Tamandua tetradactyla) native of the tropical parts of South America.

Note: It has five toes on the fore feet, an elongated snout, small ears, and short woolly hair. Its tail is stout and hairy at the base, tapering, and covered with minute scales, and is somewhat prehensile at the end. Called also tamandua, little ant-bear, fourmilier, and cagouare. The collared, or striped, tamandu ( Tamandua bivittata) is considered a distinct species by some writers, but by others is regarded as only a variety.

n. small toothless anteater with prehensile tale and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America [syn: tamandua, lesser anteater, Tamandua tetradactyla]

Tamandu was a village in Ann Township, Kyaukpyu District, in northern Rakhine State in the westernmost part of Myanmar. Tamandu was located on the southside of the Dalet River (Dalet Chaung) just after it passes through the Kolonzin Range of hills and on the edge of the delta. , Tamandu no longer exists: the area is now part of Zuklaing Village Tract.