armadillo
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish armadillo, diminutive of armado (“armored”), in reference to its protective plates.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɑɹməˈdɪloʊ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɑːməˈdɪləʊ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪləʊ
- Hyphenation: ar‧ma‧dil‧lo
Noun edit
armadillo (plural armadillos or armadilloes)
- Any of the burrowing mammals covered with bony, jointed, protective plates, order Cingulata, found in the Americas, especially in South America.
- 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:
- The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters …. But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna.
Synonyms edit
- quirquincho (archaic)
Derived terms edit
- (order Cingulata): Andean hairy armadillo (Chaetophractus nationi), beautiful armadillo (†Dasypus bellus), big hairy armadillo (Chaetophractus villosus), Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo (Cabassous chacoensis), dwarf armadillo (Zaedyus pichiy), giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus), great long-nosed armadillo (Dasypus kappleri), greater fairy armadillo, greater naked-tailed armadillo, hairy armadillo (Chaetophractus spp.), hairy long-nosed armadillo (Dasypus pilosus), horned armadillo (†Peltephilus), Llanos long-nosed armadillo, long-nosed armadillo (Dasypus spp.), naked-tailed armadillo (Cabassous spp.), nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), northern horned armadillo, northern three-banded armadillo, pink fairy armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus), pygmy armadillo (Zaedyus pichiy), screaming hairy armadillo (Chaetophractus vellerosus), seven-banded armadillo (Dasypus septemcinctus), six-banded armadillo (Euphractus sexcinctus), southern long-nosed armadillo, southern naked-tailed armadillo (Dasypus hybridus), southern three-banded armadillo, Texas armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus or Tolypeutes tricinctus), six-banded armadillo (Euphractus sexcinctus)
- mule armadillo
- armadillo ant
- armadillo bug (in order Oniscidea)
- armadillo egg
Related terms edit
Translations edit
burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates
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See also edit
Further reading edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish armadillo.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [ər.məˈði.ʎu]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ər.məˈði.ʎo]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [aɾ.maˈði.ʎo]
Noun edit
armadillo m (plural armadillos)
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish armadillo.
Noun edit
armadillo m (plural armadilli)
Malay edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English armadillo, from Spanish armadillo, diminutive of armado (“armored”), in reference to its protective plates.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
armadillo
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From armado (“armored”) + -illo (“diminutive”), i.e. "little armored one".
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Colombia): (file)
- Syllabification: ar‧ma‧di‧llo
Noun edit
armadillo m (plural armadillos)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “armadillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014