noun
having nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas to Paraguay
• Syn: ↑peba, ↑nine-banded armadillo, ↑Dasypus novemcinctus
• Hypernyms: ↑armadillo
• Member Holonyms: ↑Dasypus, ↑genus Dasypus
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Texas armadillo,
= nine-banded armadillo. (Cf. ↑nine-banded armadillo)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.