Chlamyphore
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A small South American armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus and Chlamyphorus retusus, now Calyptophractus retusus), covered with a leathery shell. dated
- 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”)