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three-banded armadillo

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Noun1.three-banded armadillo - South American armadillo with three bands of bony platesthree-banded armadillo - South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates
apar, Tolypeutes tricinctus
armadillo - burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates
genus Tolypeutes, Tolypeutes - a genus of Dasypodidae
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The flexible three-banded armadillo rolls itself up into a ball as impenetrable as an armored truck.
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To illustrate how the three-banded armadillo of Argentina defends itself, we cut to an innocent armadillo idly making his way across a polo field while there was a match being played.
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