NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Having nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas to Paraguay

Synonyms:

Dasypus novemcinctus; nine-banded armadillo; peba; Texas armadillo

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Hypernyms ("nine-banded armadillo" is a kind of...):

armadillo (burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates)

Holonyms ("nine-banded armadillo" is a member of...):

Dasypus; genus Dasypus (type genus of the Dasypodidae)

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