| 单词 | nine-banded armadillo |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnine-banded armadillo nine-banded armadillo n. the common long-nosed armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus, of northern South America, Central America, and the southern U.S., with body armour that forms nine or (commonly) eight bands across the middle; also called peba. ΚΠ 1771 T. Pennant Synopsis Quadrupeds 325 Armadillo... Nine-banded. 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. I. 133 The Nine-banded Armadillo..body with seven, eight, or nine mobile bands. 1933 Q. Rev. Biol. 8 348/1 The nine-banded armadillo, Dasypus (Tatusia) novemcintus, is of special interest to biologists. 2001 Toronto Star (Nexis) 25 Feb. The animal the microbe grows best in is the nine-banded armadillo, a distant relative of humans if there ever was one. < as lemmas |
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