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armadillo
(encz) | armadillo,pásovec n: Zdeněk Brož |
Armadillo
(gcide) | Armadillo \Ar`ma*dil"lo\ ([aum]r`m[.a]*d[i^]l"l[-o]), n.; pl.
Armadillos (-l[=o]z). [Sp. armadillo, dim. of armado armed,
p. p. of armar to arm. So called from being armed with a bony
shell.] (Zool.)
(a) Any edentate animal if the family Dasypid[ae],
peculiar to America. The body and head are incased in
an armor composed of small bony plates. The armadillos
burrow in the earth, seldom going abroad except at
night. When attacked, they curl up into a ball,
presenting the armor on all sides. Their flesh is good
food. There are several species, one of which (the
peba) is found as far north as Texas. See Peba,
Poyou, Tatouay.
(b) A genus of small isopod Crustacea that can roll
themselves into a ball.
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armadillo
(wn) | armadillo
n 1: burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with
strong horny plates |
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armadillos
(encz) | armadillos,pásovci n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
fairy armadillo
(encz) | fairy armadillo, n: |
giant armadillo
(encz) | giant armadillo, n: |
nine-banded armadillo
(encz) | nine-banded armadillo, n: |
three-banded armadillo
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Armadillo
(gcide) | Armadillo \Ar`ma*dil"lo\ ([aum]r`m[.a]*d[i^]l"l[-o]), n.; pl.
Armadillos (-l[=o]z). [Sp. armadillo, dim. of armado armed,
p. p. of armar to arm. So called from being armed with a bony
shell.] (Zool.)
(a) Any edentate animal if the family Dasypid[ae],
peculiar to America. The body and head are incased in
an armor composed of small bony plates. The armadillos
burrow in the earth, seldom going abroad except at
night. When attacked, they curl up into a ball,
presenting the armor on all sides. Their flesh is good
food. There are several species, one of which (the
peba) is found as far north as Texas. See Peba,
Poyou, Tatouay.
(b) A genus of small isopod Crustacea that can roll
themselves into a ball.
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Armadillos
(gcide) | Armadillo \Ar`ma*dil"lo\ ([aum]r`m[.a]*d[i^]l"l[-o]), n.; pl.
Armadillos (-l[=o]z). [Sp. armadillo, dim. of armado armed,
p. p. of armar to arm. So called from being armed with a bony
shell.] (Zool.)
(a) Any edentate animal if the family Dasypid[ae],
peculiar to America. The body and head are incased in
an armor composed of small bony plates. The armadillos
burrow in the earth, seldom going abroad except at
night. When attacked, they curl up into a ball,
presenting the armor on all sides. Their flesh is good
food. There are several species, one of which (the
peba) is found as far north as Texas. See Peba,
Poyou, Tatouay.
(b) A genus of small isopod Crustacea that can roll
themselves into a ball.
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broad-banded armadillo
(gcide) | Tatouay \Tat"ou*ay\, n. [Of Brazilian origin; cf. Pg. tatu, F.
tatou.] (Zool.)
An armadillo (Xenurus unicinctus), native of the tropical
parts of South America. It has about thirteen movable bands
composed of small, nearly square, scales. The head is long;
the tail is round and tapered, and nearly destitute of
scales; the claws of the fore feet are very large. Called
also tatouary, and broad-banded armadillo.
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Mule armadillo
(gcide) | Mule \Mule\ (m[=u]l), n. [F., a she-mule, L. mula, fem. of
mulus; cf. Gr. my`klos, mychlo`s. Cf. AS. m[=u]l, fr. L.
mulus. Cf. Mulatto.]
1. (Zool.) A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated
between an ass and a mare. Sometimes the term is applied
to the offspring of a horse and a she-ass, but that hybrid
is more properly termed a hinny. See Hinny.
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Note: Mules are much used as draught animals. They are hardy,
and proverbial for stubbornness.
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2. (Bot.) A plant or vegetable produced by impregnating the
pistil of one species with the pollen or fecundating dust
of another; -- called also hybrid.
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3. A very stubborn person.
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4. A machine, used in factories, for spinning cotton, wool,
etc., into yarn or thread and winding it into cops; --
called also jenny and mule-jenny.
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5. A slipper that has no fitting around the heel.
Syn: mules, scuff, scuffs.
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Mule armadillo (Zool.), a long-eared armadillo (Tatusia
hybrida), native of Buenos Ayres; -- called also mulita.
See Illust. under Armadillo.
Mule deer (Zool.), a large deer (Cervus macrotis syn.
Cariacus macrotis) of the Western United States. The
name refers to its long ears.
Mule pulley (Mach.), an idle pulley for guiding a belt
which transmits motion between shafts that are not
parallel.
Mule twist, cotton yarn in cops, as spun on a mule; -- in
distinction from yarn spun on a throstle frame.
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sixbanded armadillo
(gcide) | Poyou \Poy"ou\, n. (Zool.)
A South American armadillo (Dasypus sexcinctus). Called
also sixbanded armadillo.
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fairy armadillo
(wn) | fairy armadillo
n 1: very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and
pink plates on head and neck [syn: pichiciago,
pichiciego, fairy armadillo, chlamyphore,
Chlamyphorus truncatus] |
giant armadillo
(wn) | giant armadillo
n 1: about three feet long exclusive of tail [syn: {giant
armadillo}, tatou, tatu, Priodontes giganteus] |
nine-banded armadillo
(wn) | nine-banded armadillo
n 1: having nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas
to Paraguay [syn: peba, nine-banded armadillo, {Texas
armadillo}, Dasypus novemcinctus] |
texas armadillo
(wn) | Texas armadillo
n 1: having nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas
to Paraguay [syn: peba, nine-banded armadillo, {Texas
armadillo}, Dasypus novemcinctus] |
three-banded armadillo
(wn) | three-banded armadillo
n 1: South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates
[syn: apar, three-banded armadillo, {Tolypeutes
tricinctus}] |
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