armadillo
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.
Origin of armadillo
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How to use armadillo in a sentence
There's more than yellow stripes and dead armadillos in the middle of the road.
Some have, indeed, confounded the scaly lizards of the East Indies with the armadillos of America.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume VII (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonAll the armadillos come originally from America; they were unknown before the discovery of the New World.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume VII (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonThe armadillos have very short, stout legs and very long, strong claws, and how they can dig!
The Adventures of a Grain of Dust | Hallam HawksworthOne of my friends in the faculty of the University of Chicago tells me there are still a good many armadillos in Texas.
The Adventures of a Grain of Dust | Hallam Hawksworth
Their clothing and arms had evidently been carried away, the bodies alone being left as a feast for the vultures and armadillos.
The Settlers | William H. G. Kingston
British Dictionary definitions for 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
Origin of armadillo
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