n., pl., -los.
Any of several omnivorous, burrowing, edentate mammals (family Dasypodidae), native to southern North America and South America and characterized by an armorlike covering consisting of jointed bony plates.
[Spanish, diminutive of armado, armored, from Latin armāre, from arma, arms.]
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