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nine-banded armadillo

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nine-band·ed armadillo (nnbndd)
n.
The most common species of armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus, usually having nine jointed bands of bony plates. The females give birth to quadruplets from one egg.
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Noun1.nine-banded armadillonine-banded armadillo - having nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas to Paraguay
Dasypus novemcinctus, peba, Texas armadillo
armadillo - burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates
Dasypus, genus Dasypus - type genus of the Dasypodidae


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