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Significats de giant anteater en anglès

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tamanduá-bandeira

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

        tamanduá-bandeira
        Sinònims
        Examples for "tamanoir"
        Examples for "tamanoir"
        1
        When attacking an ant-castle, the tamanoir strikes a hole in the wall of clay with his powerful, crooked claws.
        The Western World / Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural H...
        2
        This thrust-and-parry game continued for some minutes, and might have lasted longer, had it not been for the young tamanoir.
        The Forest Exiles: The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds ...
        3
        The tamanoir of Buffon is called uaraca by the Indians; it is irascible and courageous, which is extraordinary in an animal without teeth.
        Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
        4
        Just at this moment the tamanoir, having turned round to address some conversation to her young companion, espied him, and sprang to her feet.
        The Forest Exiles: The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds ...
        5
        The chief creature engaged in that work is this most extraordinary denizen of the forest-theant-bear ,orgreat ant-eater(Myrmecophaga jubata), called also the tamanoir.
        The Western World / Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural H...
        1
        Then the ants bore into my eyes and I black out.
        The Hunger Games
        2
        The kid watched a small caravan of ants bearing off among the arches of sheepribs.
        Blood Meridian
        1
        The habits of the Myrmecophaga jubata are now pretty well known.
        The Naturalist on the River Amazons
        2
        The great Ant-eater, Tamandua of the natives ( Myrmecophaga jubata), was not uncommon here.
        The Naturalist on the River Amazons
        3
        The chief creature engaged in that work is this most extraordinary denizen of the forest-theant-bear ,orgreat ant-eater( Myrmecophaga jubata), called also the tamanoir.
        The Western World / Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural H...
        4
        The missionaries call them osso carnicero, to distinguish them from the osso palmero or tamanoir ( Myrmecophaga jubata), and from the osso hormigero, or anteater (tamandua).
        Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
        Ús de giant anteater en anglès
        1
        The final object in the wooden bowl, by far the largest, looked like a giant anteater with six legs.
        The Complete Rama Omnibus
        2
        The warriors were carrying the giant anteater figurine and Scarface had a sharpened branch and a miniature club in its forelegs.
        The Complete Rama Omnibus
        3
        This was not like the previously-reported fights between giant anteaters.
        Wired
        4
        Two giant anteaters fight it out.
        Wired
        5
        Giant anteaters prowl the forest floor, sloths slowly navigate low-hanging branches, and hook-beaked harpy eagles dive-bomb the canopy above.
        Independent.ie
        6
        When they perceive a threat, giant anteaters typically scent the air first before shuffling off, but this one just started running.
        Wired
        7
        With just one whiff, a trained scat-detection dog can find feces from animals ranging from giant anteaters to Pacific pocket mice.
        Wired
        8
        We are now rewilding in northern Argentina and have brought back species such as giant anteaters, white-collared peccaries and the pampas deer.
        The Guardian
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