armadillo
Any of the burrowing mammals covered with bony, jointed, protective plates, families Dasypodidae and Chlamyphoridae in the order Cingulata, found in the Americas, especially in South America.
Kinds of armadillo
- nine-banded armadillo
- three-banded armadillo
- giant armadillo
- fairy armadillo
Example sentences
Word history
From Spanish "armadillo".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “armadillo” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.