CHLAMYPHORE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chlamyphore mean? 

• CHLAMYPHORE (noun)
  The noun CHLAMYPHORE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CHLAMYPHORE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHLAMYPHORE (noun)

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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 ("chlamyphore" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("chlamyphore" is a member of...):

Chlamyphorus; genus Chlamyphorus (pichiciago)