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单词 armadillo
释义 ar·ma·dil·lo
I. \ˌärməˈdi(ˌ)lō, ˌȧm-, -dilə sometimes -dē(ˌ)(y)ō\ noun
(plural armadillos also armadilloes)
Etymology: Spanish, diminutive of armado armed one (past participle of armar to arm), from Latin armatus
: any of several burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammals (family Dasypodidae) having body and head encased in an armor of small bony plates in which many of them can curl up into a ball presenting the armor on all sides when attacked, being widely distributed in warmer parts of the Americas and in some areas esteemed as food — see peba, peludo

II.
Etymology: New Latin, from Spanish
synonym of armadillidium — see armadillidiidae
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