noun
South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates
• Syn: ↑three-banded armadillo, ↑Tolypeutes tricinctus
• Hypernyms: ↑armadillo
• Member Holonyms: ↑Tolypeutes, ↑genus Tolypeutes
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\\əˈpär\ noun (-s)Etymology: Portuguese or American Spanish, from Tupi tatuapára rolled armadillo, from tatu armadillo + iapáre to roll
: the three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutes tricinctus) of So. America
Useful english dictionary. 2012.