Chlamyphore

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small South American armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus and Chlamyphorus retusus, now Calyptophractus retusus), covered with a leathery shell. dated
  2. 2
    very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck wordnet

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χλαμύς (khlamús, “cloak”) + -φόρος (-phóros, “bearing”)

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