THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does three-banded armadillo mean? 

• THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO (noun)
  The noun THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO has 1 sense:

1. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates

  Familiarity information: THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO (noun)

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Meaning:

South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

apar; three-banded armadillo; Tolypeutes tricinctus

Hypernyms ("three-banded armadillo" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("three-banded armadillo" is a member of...):

genus Tolypeutes; Tolypeutes (a genus of Dasypodidae)