armadillo
noun
ar·ma·dil·lo
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plural armadillos
Definition of armadillo
: any of a family (Dasypodidae) of burrowing edentate mammals found from the southern U.S. to Argentina and having the body and head encased in an armor of small bony plates
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Other examples include a backpack inspired by an armadillo’s shell and a synthetic adhesive that was inspired by geckos and is strong enough to allow people to scale glass walls. — courant.com, "Japanese researchers want to give your grandma a robotic monkey tail," 21 Aug. 2019 Other animals, like the armadillo, evolved body armor, but the turtle shell fully integrates the backbone and trunk ribs. — Hans-dieter Sues, Smithsonian, "How the Turtle Got Its Shell, With Apologies to Aesop," 20 Aug. 2019 Other examples include this backpack inspired by an armadillo’s shell and a synthetic adhesive that was inspired by geckos and is strong enough to allow people to scale glass walls. — Peter Holley, Washington Post, "Japanese researchers want to give your grandma a robotic monkey tail," 20 Aug. 2019 Arriving from New York with his girlfriend, Grant discovers nature in all its summertime fecundity (snakes, clouds of mosquitoes and armadillos that need killing). — BostonGlobe.com, "Location, location, location," 18 July 2019 The armadillo is also the mascot of Oruro’s soccer team. — Rachel Fobar, National Geographic, "Endangered armadillos are being turned into carnival rattles," 22 Feb. 2019 This weight difference is equivalent to that between a humpback whale and an armadillo. — Jean Creighton, Quartz, "These innovations from the Moon landing changed life on Earth," 19 July 2019 There are guitar forerunners here: an oud, a theorbo, a charrango (with a soundbox made of armadillo skin). — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, "Guitars, stars, and attitude," 11 July 2019 That same year Chavkin acquired a tattoo of an armadillo with its front claws removed. — Barbara Isenberg, latimes.com, "'Hadestown' director Rachel Chavkin's tattoos: an annotated guide," 5 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'armadillo.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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armadillo
noun
English Language Learners Definition of armadillo
: a small American animal that lives underground and whose head and body are protected by a hard shell
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armadillo
noun
ar·ma·dil·lo
| \ ˌär-mə-ˈdi-lō
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\
plural armadillos
Kids Definition of armadillo
: a small burrowing animal found from Texas to Argentina that has the head and body protected by small bony plates
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