Definitions for: Armadillo

[n] burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

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

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