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