nine-banded armadillo
[ nahyn-ban-did ]
noun
an armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus, of the southern U.S. to Argentina, having nine hinged bands of bony plates, the female of which usually gives birth to quadruplets that are always of the same sex.
Origin of nine-banded armadillo
1First recorded in 1905–10
- Also called peba, Texas armadillo.
Words Nearby nine-banded armadillo
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How to use nine-banded armadillo in a sentence
And he says thar's a pock-marked Irishman as goes around between acts with a nine-banded armadillo.
Travelers Five Along Life's Highway | Annie Fellows JohnstonAn example of this form is furnished by another Edentate, Tatusia peba, the nine-banded armadillo (Fig. 358).
The Anatomy of the Human Peritoneum and Abdominal Cavity | George. S. HuntingtonThe young of the nine-banded armadillo in a given litter are invariably of the same sex and are closely similar in all features.
Being Well-Born | Michael F. Guyer
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