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nine-banded armadillo

[ nahyn-ban-did ]

noun

  1. an armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus, of the southern U.S. to Argentina, having nine hinged bands of bony plates, the female of which usually gives birth to quadruplets that are always of the same sex.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of nine-banded armadillo1

First recorded in 1905–10

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