(n) small toothless anteater with prehensile tail and four-clawed forelimbs; of tropical South America and Central America, Syn. Tamandua tetradactyla, tamandu, lesser anteater
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{ } a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; finger. ] (Zool.) (a) Without fingers or without toes. (b) Without claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals). [ 1913 Webster ]