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armadillo

[ ahr-muh-dil-oh ]

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noun

, plural ar·ma·dil·los.

any of several burrowing, chiefly nocturnal mammals constituting the family Dasypodidae, ranging from the southern U.S. through South America, having strong claws and a jointed protective covering of bony plates: used in certain areas for food.

armadillo

/ ˌɑːməˈdɪləʊ /

any edentate mammal of the family Dasypodidae of Central and South America and S North America, such as Priodontes giganteus ( giant armadillo ). They are burrowing animals, with peglike rootless teeth and a covering of strong horny plates over most of the body
fairy armadillo
another name for pichiciego

1570–80; < Spanish, equivalent to armad ( o ) armed (< Latin armātus; arm ², -ate ¹ ) + -illo < Latin -illus diminutive suffix

C16: from Spanish, diminutive of armado armed (man), from Latin armātus armed; compare armada

Nicaragua: Nicaragua boasts not one, but two species of everyone's favorite armored mammal, the armadillo.

And, like a true critic, Menkes dwelled for a moment on the centerpiece of that collection, the infamous Armadillo boot.

How Alexander McQueen's "armadillo boots" charmed Lady Gaga, Daphne Guinness, and Barbie.

When you were doing the interview, David, were you aware of just how thick skinned, how armored, he was like an armadillo?

He is called the weasel armadillo, because his head is nearly of the same form as a weasel.

Armadillo, rm-a-dil′o, n. a small American edentate quadruped, having its body armed with bands of bony plates:—pl.

Seeing this, I seized the tail firmly; and, giving it a sudden jerk, swung the armadillo out between the feet of my companion.

The armadillo dislikes snakes as much as all true knights disliked dragons.

The little Armadillo sleeps in a warm barrel, furnished with bran and flannel.

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