| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ar·ma·dil·lo |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  är m -d l  |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. ar·ma·dil·los
Any of several omnivorous, burrowing, edentate mammals (family Dasypodidae), native to southern North America and South America and characterized by an armorlike covering consisting of jointed bony plates. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Spanish, diminutive of armado, armored, past participle of armar, to arm, from Latin arm re, from arma, arms. See ar- in Appendix I.
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