TOLYPEUTES TRICINCTUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tolypeutes tricinctus mean? 

• TOLYPEUTES TRICINCTUS (noun)
  The noun TOLYPEUTES TRICINCTUS has 1 sense:

1. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates

  Familiarity information: TOLYPEUTES TRICINCTUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOLYPEUTES TRICINCTUS (noun)

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Meaning:

South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

apar; three-banded armadillo; Tolypeutes tricinctus

Hypernyms ("Tolypeutes tricinctus" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Tolypeutes tricinctus" is a member of...):

genus Tolypeutes; Tolypeutes (a genus of Dasypodidae)