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  • proper noun A taxonomic family within the order Xenarthra — the armadillos.

Etymologies

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Dasypus +‎ -idae

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Examples

  • Note 3: armadillo, any of a family (Dasypodidae) of burrowing edentate mammals found from the southern U.S. to Argentina and having the body and head encased in an armor of small bony plates.

    Albert Collins Lyrics 2009

  • Note 3: armadillo, any of a family (Dasypodidae) of burrowing edentate mammals found from the southern U.S. to Argentina and having the body and head encased in an armor of small bony plates.

    Don't Go Reaching Across My Plate Albert Collins 1980

  • Molecular systematics of armadillos (Xenarthra, Dasypodidae): contribution of maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear genes.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2008

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