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CHLAMYPHORUS TRUNCATUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Chlamyphorus truncatus mean?
• CHLAMYPHORUS TRUNCATUS (noun)
The noun CHLAMYPHORUS TRUNCATUS has 1 sense:
1. very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck
Familiarity information: CHLAMYPHORUS TRUNCATUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CHLAMYPHORUS TRUNCATUS (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 ("Chlamyphorus truncatus" is a kind of...):
armadillo (burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates)
Holonyms ("Chlamyphorus truncatus" is a member of...):
Chlamyphorus; genus Chlamyphorus (pichiciago)
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