HyperDic: nine-banded_armadillo

English > 1 sense of the expression nine-banded armadillo:
NOUNanimalnine-banded armadillo, peba, Texas armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctushaving nine hinged bands of bony plates
English > nine-banded armadillo: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningHaving nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas to Paraguay.
Synonymspeba, Texas armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus
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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