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NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas to Paraguay
Synonyms:
Dasypus novemcinctus; nine-banded armadillo; peba; Texas armadillo
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("nine-banded armadillo" is a kind of...):
armadillo (burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates)
Holonyms ("nine-banded armadillo" is a member of...):
Dasypus; genus Dasypus (type genus of the Dasypodidae)