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Meaning of CHLAMYPHORE

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck
 
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 Synonyms: Chlamyphorus truncatus, fairy armadillo, pichiciago, pichiciego
 
 See Also: armadillo, Chlamyphorus, genus Chlamyphorus

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Chlam"y*phore\, n. [Gr. ? cloak + ? to bear.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A small South American edentate ({Chlamyphorus truncatus},
and {C. retusus}) allied to the armadillo. It is covered with
a leathery shell or coat of mail, like a cloak, attached
along the spine.
 

 

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