armadillo
Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /ɑɹməˈdɪloʊ/
  • (RP) IPA: /ɑːməˈdɪləʊ/
Noun

armadillo (plural armadillos)

  1. Any of the burrowing mammals covered with bony, jointed, protective plates, order Cingulata, found in the Americas, especially in South America.
Related terms Translations
  • French: tatou
  • German: Gürteltier, Armadill i rare or scientific
  • Italian: armadillo
  • Portuguese: tatu
  • Russian: бронено́сец
  • Spanish: armadillo (Colombian and Mexican standard usage), armado (Guatemala), cachicamo (Colombian Llanos), carachupa (Peru), cusuco (Costa Rica), gurre (Colombia), jerrejerre (Colombian Caribbean Coast), mulita (Argentina), pitero (Honduras), quirquincho (Bolivia), tatú (Eastern Bolivia), toche (Eastern Mexico), tumulle (Southern Ecuador)



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