HyperDic: dasypus_novemcinctus

English > 1 sense of the expression Dasypus novemcinctus:
NOUNanimalDasypus novemcinctus, peba, nine-banded armadillo, Texas armadillohaving nine hinged bands of bony plates
English > Dasypus novemcinctus: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningHaving nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas to Paraguay.
Synonymspeba, nine-banded armadillo, Texas armadillo
Member ofDasypus, genus Dasypustype genus of the Dasypodidae
Broaderarmadilloburrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates
Spanisharmadillo de nueve bandas, peba
CatalanDasypus novemcinctus, peba

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