| 单词 | armadillo |
| 释义 | armadillo (once / 12974 pages) n An armadillo is a four-legged animal with a rounded body that's covered in hard plates. You're most likely to see an armadillo in South or Central America, or possibly in the southern US. Armadillos range from the size of a chipmunk to as big as a large dog. They're nocturnal, so they mostly hunt for food at night and sleep during the day, and are excellent diggers, with very sharp claws. Armadillos are distinctive because of the bony plates that cover them and their protective habit of rolling into a ball. Armadillo is Spanish, the diminutive form of armado, or "armored." WORD FAMILYarmadillo: armadillos USAGE EXAMPLESThe cameras captured 13 other species, including coati, tayras, armadillos, and opossums, stopping by the latrines a total of 305 times. Science Magazine(Dec 06, 2016) Mink works mainly with animal-friendly leather and patent leather, but recently expanded her range to include exotic skin textures such as crocodile and armadillo. Los Angeles Times(Dec 02, 2016) One such collaboration resulted in two performances by Armadillo at Carnegie Hall in 1999. Los Angeles Times(Oct 28, 2016) n burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates Hypo|Hyper Dasypus novemcinctus, Texas armadillo, nine-banded armadillo, peba having nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas to Paraguay Tolypeutes tricinctus, apar, three-banded armadilloSouth American armadillo with three bands of bony plates Cabassous unicinctus, cabassous, tatouaynaked-tailed armadillo of tropical South America Euphractus sexcinctus, peludo, poyouArgentine armadillo with six movable bands and hairy underparts Priodontes giganteus, giant armadillo, tatou, tatuabout three feet long exclusive of tail Chlamyphorus truncatus, chlamyphore, fairy armadillo, pichiciago, pichiciegovery small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck Burmeisteria retusa, greater pichiciegoof southern South America edentate primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America |
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