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CHLAMYPHORUS TRUNCATUS

Dictionary entry overview: What does Chlamyphorus truncatus mean?

• CHLAMYPHORUS TRUNCATUS (noun)
The noun CHLAMYPHORUS TRUNCATUS has 1 sense:

1. very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck

Familiarity information: CHLAMYPHORUS TRUNCATUS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CHLAMYPHORUS TRUNCATUS (noun)

Sense 1

Chlamyphorus truncatus ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

chlamyphore; Chlamyphorus truncatus; fairy armadillo; pichiciago; pichiciego

Hypernyms ("Chlamyphorus truncatus" is a kind of...):

armadillo (burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates)

Holonyms ("Chlamyphorus truncatus" is a member of...):

Chlamyphorus; genus Chlamyphorus (pichiciago)

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