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ARMADILLO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("armadillo" is a kind of...):
edentate (primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "armadillo"):
Dasypus novemcinctus; nine-banded armadillo; peba; Texas armadillo (having nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas to Paraguay)
apar; three-banded armadillo; Tolypeutes tricinctus (South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates)
cabassous; Cabassous unicinctus; tatouay (naked-tailed armadillo of tropical South America)
Euphractus sexcinctus; peludo; poyou (Argentine armadillo with six movable bands and hairy underparts)
giant armadillo; Priodontes giganteus; tatou; tatu (about three feet long exclusive of tail)
chlamyphore; Chlamyphorus truncatus; fairy armadillo; pichiciago; pichiciego (very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck)
Burmeisteria retusa; greater pichiciego (of southern South America)
Holonyms ("armadillo" is a member of...):
Dasypodidae; family Dasypodidae (armadillos)
