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PEBA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does peba mean?
• PEBA (noun)
The noun PEBA has 1 sense:
1. having nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas to Paraguay
Familiarity information: PEBA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas to Paraguay
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Dasypus novemcinctus; nine-banded armadillo; peba; Texas armadillo
Hypernyms ("peba" is a kind of...):
armadillo (burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates)
Holonyms ("peba" is a member of...):
Dasypus; genus Dasypus (type genus of the Dasypodidae)
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