armadillo

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish armadillo, diminutive of armado (“armored”) in reference to its protective plates. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ɑɹməˈdɪloʊ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɑːməˈdɪləʊ/ Rhymes: -ɪləʊ Hyphenation: ar‧ma‧dil‧lo === Noun === armadillo (plural armadillos or armadilloes) Any of the burrowing mammals covered with bony, jointed, protective plates, families Dasypodidae and Chlamyphoridae in the order Cingulata, found in the Americas, especially in South America. ==== Synonyms ==== quirquincho (archaic) ==== Derived terms ==== (order Cingulata): Andean hairy armadillo (Chaetophractus nationi), beautiful armadillo (†Dasypus bellus), big hairy armadillo (Chaetophractus villosus), Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo (Cabassous chacoensis), dwarf armadillo (Zaedyus pichiy), giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus), great long-nosed armadillo (Dasypus kappleri), greater fairy armadillo, greater naked-tailed armadillo, hairy armadillo (Chaetophractus spp.), hairy long-nosed armadillo (Dasypus pilosus), horned armadillo (†Peltephilus), Llanos long-nosed armadillo, long-nosed armadillo (Dasypus spp.), naked-tailed armadillo (Cabassous spp.), nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), northern horned armadillo, northern three-banded armadillo, pink fairy armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus), pygmy armadillo (Zaedyus pichiy), screaming hairy armadillo (Chaetophractus vellerosus), seven-banded armadillo (Dasypus septemcinctus), six-banded armadillo (Euphractus sexcinctus), southern long-nosed armadillo, southern naked-tailed armadillo (Dasypus hybridus), southern three-banded armadillo, Texas armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus or Tolypeutes tricinctus), six-banded armadillo (Euphractus sexcinctus) mule armadillo armadillo ant armadillo bug (in order Oniscidea) armadillo egg ==== Related terms ==== armor ==== Translations ==== === See also === scute Xenarthra === Further reading === armadillo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish armadillo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [ər.məˈði.ʎu] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ər.məˈði.ʎo] IPA(key): (Valencia) [aɾ.maˈði.ʎo] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [ar.maˈði.ʎo] === Noun === armadillo m (plural armadillos) armadillo == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish armadillo. === Noun === armadillo m (plural armadilli) armadillo == Malay == === Etymology === Borrowed from English armadillo, from Spanish armadillo, diminutive of armado (“armored”), in reference to its protective plates. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a(r)madilo/ Rhymes: -ilo, -lo, -o === Noun === armadillo armadillo == Spanish == === Etymology === From armado (“armored”) +‎ -illo (diminutive suffix), literally “litte armored one”. === Pronunciation === Syllabification: ar‧ma‧di‧llo === Noun === armadillo m (plural armadillos) armadillo Synonyms: (Mexican Indian) ayotoste, cachicamo ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “armadillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025