Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating or belonging to the genus Tolypeutes; like an apar.
- noun A member of the genus Tolypeutes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The apar.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology, rare The
apar , a kind ofarmadillo .
Etymologies
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Tolypeutes + -ine?
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Examples
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Priodontes: the other tolypeutine armadillos* and the fairy armadillos do it too.
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O OW ovibovinine musk ox OW tolypeutine armadillo pantherine panther OW
sionnach commented on the word tolypeutine
applicable to certain elderly relatives of mine, means 'armadillo-like', or pertaining to armadillo.
February 14, 2007