ARMADILLO


Meaning of ARMADILLO in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌär-mə-ˈdi-(ˌ)lō ]

noun

( 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 United States to Argentina and having the body and head encased in an armor of small bony plates

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.