armadillo

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  1. noun Any of several omnivorous, burrowing, edentate mammals (family Dasypodidae), native to southern North America and South America and characterized by an armorlike covering consisting of jointed bony plates.

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  1. Spanish, diminutive of armado, armored, past participle of armar, to arm, from Latin armāre, from arma, arms; see ar- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Formerly also armadillio, armadilio, armadile; from Spanish armadillo (= Portuguese armadilho), diminutive of armado, armed, with reference to its bony shell. Cf. Middle Latin armadillus, a kind of sea-fish.
 

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/ɑrməˈdɪloʊ/
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