NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nine-banded armadillo mean? 

• NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO (noun)
  The noun NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO has 1 sense:

1. having nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas to Paraguay

  Familiarity information: NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas to Paraguay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Dasypus novemcinctus; nine-banded armadillo; peba; Texas armadillo

Hypernyms ("nine-banded armadillo" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("nine-banded armadillo" is a member of...):

Dasypus; genus Dasypus (type genus of the Dasypodidae)