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FAIRY ARMADILLO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fairy armadillo mean? 

FAIRY ARMADILLO (noun)
  The noun FAIRY ARMADILLO has 1 sense:

1. very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neckplay

  Familiarity information: FAIRY ARMADILLO used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FAIRY ARMADILLO (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

chlamyphore; Chlamyphorus truncatus; fairy armadillo; pichiciago; pichiciego

Hypernyms ("fairy armadillo" is a kind of...):

armadillo (burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates)

Holonyms ("fairy armadillo" is a member of...):

Chlamyphorus; genus Chlamyphorus (pichiciago)


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