Find the word definition

Wiktionary
giant armadillo

n. The largest living species of armadillo, (taxlink Priodontes maximus species noshow=1)

WordNet
giant armadillo

n. about three feet long exclusive of tail [syn: tatou, tatu, Priodontes giganteus]

Wikipedia
Giant armadillo

The giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus), colloquially tatou, ocarro, tatu-canastra or tatú carreta, is the largest living species of armadillo (although their extinct relatives, the glyptodonts, were much larger). It was once found widely throughout the tropical forests of South America and now ranges throughout varied habitat as far south as northern Argentina. This species is considered vulnerable to extinction.

The giant armadillo prefers termites and some ants as prey, and often consumes the entire population of a termite mound. It also has been known to prey upon worms, larvae and larger creatures, such as spiders and snakes, and plants.

At least one zoo park, in Villavicencio, Colombia – Los Ocarros – is dedicated to this animal.

Usage examples of "giant armadillo".

Not one of those small guys you see as road kill on the west Texas highways, but a giant armadillo.

Resembling a giant armadillo with long, clawed hands used for walking and for grasping, he moved down the road, confident that his thick shell could protect him from any inhabitant of a nontech hex.

There was a warming cabinet in Nate's apartment that looked like a breadbox made out of a giant armadillo shell.

There, too, he found fossils, including the head of a giant armadillo-like glyptodont.

But who would suspect that the giant armadillo was a notorious cage-breaker?