THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates

Synonyms:

apar; three-banded armadillo; Tolypeutes tricinctus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("three-banded armadillo" is a kind of...):

armadillo (burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates)

Holonyms ("three-banded armadillo" is a member of...):

genus Tolypeutes; Tolypeutes (a genus of Dasypodidae)