n.
Pronunciation: ˌ är-m ə - ' di-( ˌ )l ō
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -los
Etymology: Spanish, from diminutive of armado armed one, from Latin armatus
Date: 1577
: any of a family (Dasypodidae) of burrowing edentate mammals found from the southern U.S. to Argentina and having the body and head encased in an armor of small bony plates
armadillo