pichiciago

[pich-uh-see-ah-goh, -ey-goh]

noun, plural pich·i·ci·a·gos.

any of several small armadillos of the genera Chalmyphorus and Burmeisteria, of southern South America.

Also pich·i·ci·e·go

[pich-uh-see-ey-goh] /ˌpɪtʃ ə siˈeɪ goʊ/.

Origin of pichiciago

1815–25; < American Spanish pichiciego < Araucanian pichi small + Spanish ciego blind (< Latin caecus)

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No animal is better protected by nature from its enemies than the pichiciago, whose scientific name is chlamyphorus truncatus.
The Human Side of Animals
Royal Dixon
Finally we have the pichiciago, or fairy armadillo, Chlamydophorus truncatus, typifying the subfamily Chlamydophorinae.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10
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