单词 | tamanoir |
例句 | Chief among the latter is the ant-bear, or tamanoir, of South America, a large creature six or seven feet in length, covered with long coarse hair, drooping like a heavy plume over the hind quarters. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z It could belong to no other creature than the tamanoir, or great ant-eater, by the people of South America called the ant-bear. Popular Adventure Tales 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 History in North and South America This animal is a long, low-bodied creature, with sharp-pointed snout, and an immense whip-like tongue, which he is capable of projecting to a great distance, in the same manner as the tamanoir. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys 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 America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 |
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