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Armadillo
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What's The Definition Of Armadillo?
[n] burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates
Synonyms | Synonyms for Armadillo:
Related Terms | Find terms related to Armadillo: aardvark |
aardwolf |
alpaca |
Angora goat |
anteater |
antelope |
antelope chipmunk |
aoudad |
apar |
Arctic fox |
ass |
aurochs |
badger |
bandicoot |
bassarisk |
bat |
bear |
beaver |
Belgian hare |
bettong |
binturong |
bison |
black bear |
black buck |
black cat |
black fox |
black sheep |
blue fox |
bobcat |
brown bear |
brush deer |
brush wolf |
buffalo |
buffalo wolf |
burro |
burro deer |
cachalot |
Caffre cat |
camel |
camelopard |
capybara |
carabao |
caribou |
carpincho |
cat |
catamount |
cat-a-mountain |
cattalo |
cavy |
chamois |
cheetah |
chevrotain |
chinchilla |
chipmunk |
cinnamon bear |
coon |
coon cat |
cotton mouse |
cotton rat |
cougar |
cow |
coyote |
coypu |
deer |
deer tiger |
dingo |
dog |
donkey |
dormouse |
dromedary |
echidna |
eland |
elephant |
elk |
ermine |
eyra |
fallow deer |
ferret |
field mouse |
fisher |
fitch |
flying phalanger |
foumart |
fox |
fox squirrel |
gazelle |
gemsbok |
genet |
giraffe |
glutton |
gnu |
gnu goat |
goat |
goat antelope |
gopher |
grizzly bear |
ground squirrel |
groundhog |
guanaco |
guinea pig |
hamster |
hare |
harnessed antelope |
hartebeest |
hedgehog |
hippopotamus |
hog |
horse |
hyena |
hyrax |
ibex |
Indian buffalo |
jackal |
jackass |
jackrabbit |
jaguar |
jaguarundi |
jerboa |
jerboa kangaroo |
kaama |
kangaroo |
kangaroo mouse |
kangaroo rat |
karakul |
kinkajou |
kit fox |
koala |
Kodiak bear |
lapin |
lemming |
leopard |
leopard cat |
lion |
llama |
lynx |
mammoth |
mara |
marmot |
marten |
mastodon |
meerkat |
mink |
mole |
mongoose |
moose |
mouflon |
mountain goat |
mountain lion |
mountain sheep |
mouse |
mule |
mule deer |
muntjac |
musk deer |
musk hog |
musk-ox |
muskrat |
musquash |
nilgai |
nutria |
ocelot |
okapi |
onager |
oont |
opossum |
otter |
ounce |
ox |
pack rat |
painter |
panda |
pangolin |
panther |
peccary |
peludo |
phalanger |
pig |
pine mouse |
platypus |
pocket gopher |
pocket mouse |
pocket rat |
polar bear |
polar fox |
polecat |
porcupine |
possum |
pouched rat |
poyou |
prairie dog |
prairie wolf |
pronghorn |
puma |
rabbit |
raccoon |
rat |
red deer |
red squirrel |
reindeer |
rhinoceros |
roe |
roe deer |
roebuck |
sable |
serval |
sheep |
shrew |
shrew mole |
sika |
silver fox |
skunk |
sloth |
snowshoe rabbit |
springbok |
squirrel |
stoat |
suslik |
swamp rabbit |
swine |
takin |
tamandua |
tamarin |
tapir |
tarpan |
tatou |
tatou peba |
tatouay |
tiger |
tiger cat |
timber wolf |
tree shrew |
urus |
Virginia deer |
vole |
wallaby |
warthog |
water buffalo |
waterbuck |
weasel |
wharf rat |
whistler |
white fox |
wild ass |
wild boar |
wild goat |
wild ox |
wildcat |
wildebeest |
wolf |
wolverine |
wombat |
wood rat |
woodchuck |
woolly mammoth |
yak |
zebra |
zebu |
zoril
See Also | apar |
Burmeisteria retusa |
cabassous |
Cabassous unicinctus |
chlamyphore |
Chlamyphorus truncatus |
Dasypodidae |
Dasypus novemcinctus |
edentate |
Euphractus sexcinctus |
fairy armadillo |
family Dasypodidae |
giant armadillo |
greater pichiciego |
nine-banded armadillo |
peba |
peludo |
pichiciago |
pichiciego |
poyou |
Priodontes giganteus |
tatou |
tatouay |
tatu |
Texas armadillo |
three-banded armadillo |
Tolypeutes tricinctus
Armadillo In Webster's Dictionary
\Ar`ma*dil"lo\ ([aum]r`m[.a]*d[i^]l"l[-o]), n.; pl.
{Armadillos} (-l[=o]z). [Sp. armadillo, dim. of armado armed,
p. p. of armar to arm. So called from being armed with a bony
shell.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any edentate animal if the family {Dasypid[ae]}, peculiar
to America. The body and head are incased in an armor
composed of small bony plates. The armadillos burrow in
the earth, seldom going abroad except at night. When
attacked, they curl up into a ball, presenting the armor
on all sides. Their flesh is good food. There are several
species, one of which (the peba) is found as far north as
Texas. See {Peba}, {Poyou}, {Tatouay}.
(b) A genus of small isopod Crustacea that can roll
themselves into a ball.
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