English
Image:9-banded-armadillo.jpg|thumb|9-Banded Armadillo

Etymology
From Spanish #Spanish|armadillo, diminutive of armado �armoured�, in reference to its protective plates.

Pronunciation
IPA|/��m��dɪl��/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪl��|-ɪl��

Noun
en-noun

1. Any of a family of burrowing mammals covered with bony, jointed, protective plates.

#* Texas armadillo scientific name: Dasypus novemcinctus

Translations
trans-top|burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates
Amuzgo: kíchio'
CJKV Characters: �
Dutch: gordeldier n
Estonian: armadill
French: tatou m
German: Gürteltier n
Greek: α�μαδίλο� (armadilos) m, δα���ο�� (dasipus) m
Isthmus Zapotec: ngupi
Indonesian: trenggiling
Italian: armadillo#Italian|armadillo m
Paumarí: tato f
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Polish: pancernik m
Portuguese: tatu m
Russian: б�онено�е� (bron'enós'ec) m
Spanish: armadillo#Spanish|armadillo m italbrac|Colombian standard usage|Ecuador|Mexico|Panama, armado m italbrac|Guatemala, cachicamo m italbrac|Colombian Llanos|Venezuela, carachupa f italbrac|Peru, cusuco m italbrac|Costa Rica|El Salvador|Honduras|Nicaragua, gurre m italbrac|Colombia| especially rural usage, mulita f italbrac|Argentina, pitero m italbrac|Honduras, Nicaragua, quirquincho m italbrac|Bolivia|Chile|Western Argentina, tatú m italbrac|Eastern Bolivia|Northeastern Argentina|Paraguay|Uruguay
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Related terms
armor

See also
scutes
Xenarthra

External links
pedialite

Category:Mammals

Spanish

Etymology
Diminutive of armado �armoured�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/aɾma�ði�o/

Noun
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