chlamyphore
English edit
Etymology edit
Ancient Greek χλαμύς (khlamús, “cloak”) + φορός (phorós, “one who bears”)
Noun edit
chlamyphore (plural chlamyphores)
- (zoology, dated) A small South American armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus and Chlamyphorus retusus, now Calyptophractus retusus), covered with a leathery shell.
References edit
- “chlamyphore”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.