Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small three-banded armadillo, the apar or apara, Dasypus or Tolypeutes tricinctus. Also matacho, matico. See cut under
apar .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The three-banded armadillo (
Tolypeutis tricinctus ). SeeIllust. underloricata .
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Examples
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The apar, commonly called mataco, is remarkable by having only three movable bands; the rest of its tesselated covering being nearly inflexible.
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The apar, commonly called mataco, is remarkable by having only three movable bands; the rest of its tesselated covering being nearly inflexible.
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The apar, commonly called mataco, is remarkable by having only three moveable bands; the rest of its tesselated covering being nearly inflexible.
Chapter V 1909
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The apar, commonly called mataco, is remarkable by having only three movable bands; the rest of its tesselated covering being nearly inflexible.
The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin 1845
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The smooth hard covering of the mataco offers a better defence than the sharp spines of the hedgehog.
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The smooth hard covering of the mataco offers a better defence than the sharp spines of the hedgehog.
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The smooth hard covering of the mataco offers a better defence than the sharp spines of the hedgehog.
Chapter V 1909
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The smooth hard covering of the mataco offers a better defence than the sharp spines of the hedgehog.
The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin 1845
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