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chlamydophore Zool.|ˈklæmɪdəʊˌfɔə(r)|
Also ˈchlamyphore.
[ad. mod.L. chlamydophorus (incorrectly chlamyphorus), f. Gr. χλαµύδ- (χλαµύς) mantle, cloak + -ϕορος bearing, wearing.]
A genus of edentate mammals consisting of a single South American species, a small burrowing animal allied to the armadillo, having the upper surface covered with a cuirass of leathery plates.
1836–9Todd Cycl. Anat. II. 46/2 The recently discovered American fossorial animal, the Chlamyphorus. 1849Sk. Nat. Hist., Mammalia IV. 203 The chlamyphorus..possesses characters so exclusively its own as to render it one of the most interesting discoveries in zoology. 1876Encycl. Brit., Chlamydophore..found at Mendoza on the Eastern slope of the Cordilleras, where it is known as the Pichiciago. |