Home › Words › T › tamanoirtamanoirtamanoir means giant anteater.EtymologyFrom French tamanoir, a variant representation of the same Tupian word as tamandua. Doublet of tamandua.noungiant anteaterDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.tamandua 59% match — An anteater of the genus Tamandua. vs tamanoir →apar 57% match — The three-banded armadillo, Tolypeutes matacus vs tamanoir →priodontine 57% match — The giant armadillo or any of its extinct relatives. vs tamanoir →manid 55% match — pangolin vs tamanoir →gigantean 55% match — giant-like; gigantic, mighty. vs tamanoir →peludo 55% match — A big hairy armadillo, Chaetophractus villosus vs tamanoir →megafrugivore 54% match — A relatively large frugivore vs tamanoir →coaita 53% match — spider monkey vs tamanoir →