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Tatou

Tatou \Ta*tou"\, n. [Cf. Tatouay.] (Zo["o]l.) The giant armadillo ( Priodontes gigas) of tropical South America. It becomes nearly five feet long including the tail. It is noted for its burrowing powers, feeds largely upon dead animals, and sometimes invades human graves.

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tatou

n. The giant armadillo.

WordNet
tatou

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

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Tatou may refer to:

  • Tatou Tapatoru's ezine, Bi monthly ezine from Tapatoru for Maori trans who live or have lived in Wellington New Zealand
  • Tatou or Giant Armadillo, the largest species of armadillo
    • Tatou, French for Armadillo
  • Tatou (town) (塔头镇), town in Jiexi County, Guangdong, China
  • "Tatou Strip Tease", a Dusty Fingers track from their Dusty Fingers Volume 15 album

Usage examples of "tatou".

Stylish businessmen and professional women in their thirties and forties came to Tatou, probably straight from work in midtown.

Robert had killed a curious animal belonging to the order EDENTATA, an armadillo, a sort of tatou, covered with a hard bony shell, in movable pieces, and measuring a foot and a half long.

The six-year-old Arab mare, Tatou, had been a surprise wedding gift from her father.

The guards opened the gates and Alais urged Tatou forward across the bridge and out into the early morning streets of Carcassonne, her heart thudding.

As Tatou galloped over the plains, she wondered if this was how the soul felt as it left the body on its four-day journey to heaven.

Then she and Tatou took shelter and rested, before traveling on until dusk when the air was filled with biting insects and the cries of night jays, owls and bats.