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Very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck
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chlamyphore
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck [syn: pichiciago , pichiciego , fairy armadillo , Chlamyphorus truncatus ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chlamyphore \Chlam"y*phore\, n. [Gr. ? cloak + fe`rein to bear.] (Zo["o]l.) A small South American edentate ( Chlamyphorus truncatus , and Chlamyphorus retusus ) allied to the armadillo. It is covered with a leathery shell or coat of mail, like a cloak, ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context zoology English) A small South American armadillo (''Chlamyphorus truncatus'' and (taxlink Chlamyphorus retusus species noshow=1), now (taxlink Calyptophractus retusus species noshow=1)), covered with a leathery shell.