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Definition: Armadillo |
ArmadilloNoun1. Burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "armadillo" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Crosswords: Armadillo |
| English words defined with "armadillo": apar, Armadillos ♦ Cabassou, cabassous, Cabassous unicinctus, chlamyphore, Chlamyphorus truncatus ♦ Euphractus sexcinctus ♦ fairy armadillo ♦ genus Priodontes, giant armadillo ♦ Loricate ♦ Mataco, Mule armadillo ♦ nine-banded armadillo ♦ peludo, Pichey, pichiciago, pichiciego, Pill bug, poyou, Priodontes ♦ scute ♦ tatouay, Tatusiid, Texas armadillo, three-banded armadillo, Tolypeutes tricinctus ♦ Wood louse. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Armadillo" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Italian (armadillo), Manx (armadillo), Spanish (armadillo), Turkish (armadillo). |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The armadillo is any of several small mammals most known for having a bony armor shell.
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Armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus. (larger image) | ||||||||||
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The average size is about 75 centimetres (30 inches) total length including tail.
It is a placental mammal of the order Xenarthra, related to the anteater. There are several species of armadillo, distinguished by how many bands are visible on their armor.
All species of armadillos are native to the American continents, where they inhabit a variety of environments. In the United States, armadillos are most common in the warmer states, particularly Texas.
Armadillos eat mostly insects, grubs, and other invertebrates.
The armadillo is a prolific digger, and uses its sharp claws to burrow both to feed on grubs and to dig dens.
Its main defense is its armor-like outer skin. When threatened by a predator, the armadillo will roll up into a ball.
Armadillos are often used in the study of leprosy, since they are one of the only other animal species that can contract the disease. They are particularly susceptible due to their unusually low body temperature, which is hospitable to the leprosy bacterium.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Armadillo."
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Screenplays | Becauseif Santa and the Holiday Armadillo stay in the same room for too long. (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) I'm the Holiday Armadillo! (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Pluto and the Armadillo (1943) The Best of Country '92: Countdown at the Neon Armadillo (1992) | |
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 | Mrs. Morgen attempting to domesticate an armadillo Field camp in south Texas Triangulation party of Carl Aslakson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | [The armadillo serves as a host to a bacillus used to treat leprosy]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| "Armadillo" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Armadillo" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 18 | 82,615 |
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Expressions using "armadillo": fairy armadillo ♦ giant armadillo ♦ mule armadillo ♦ sixbanded armadillo ♦ Texas armadillo. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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Arabic | المدرع حيوان ثديي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aymara | khirkhi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | армадил, броненосец (armor-clad, armour-clad, ironclad). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 犰 (pimple), 狳 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pásovec. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kaempebaeltedyr (giant armadillo). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | gordeldier (armadillos). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | dazipo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tatou. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | gürteltier. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μικρό φολιδωτό ζώο τησ νότιασ αμερικήσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | חפרפרת שריון, ארמ"יל. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tatú. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | armadillo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | アルペン種目 (almanac, Alpine events, Alpine sports, alumina, aluminium, aluminium foil, aluminium sash, aluminum, aluminum foil, anodized aluminum, armagnac, tin foil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | アルマジロ . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | armadillo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maya | weech. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | armadilloay tatu (tattoo). (various references) броненосец (armor-clad, armour-clad). (various references) kgaga. (various references) armadilo, oklopnik (cuirassier). (various references) armadillo. (various references) bältdjur. (various references) ตัวนิ่ม. (various references) armadillo, tatu. (various references) панцирник. (various references) wech. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Cabassous gymnurus, Dasypodidae, Priodontes giganteus, Priodontes maximus. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "armadillo": armadillos. (additional references) | |
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"Armadillo" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Armadail, armadilla, armadillon, armadilo, Armidel, armidillo, Ramajli. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "armadillo" (pronounced Ä'rmudi"lō) |
| 4 | -d i" l ō | Caudillo. |
| 3 | -i" l ō | billow, pillow. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-i-l-l-m-o-r" | |
-2 letters: admiral, allodia, alodial, armilla, armload, diorama, mallard. | |
-3 letters: alodia, amidol, amoral, aramid, dollar, milord, radial. | |
-4 letters: alamo, alarm, aldol, allod, amido, aroid, aroma, damar, dolma, domal, drail, drama, drill, droll, laari, laird, lamia, liard, lidar, llama, loral, maill, malar, maria, modal, moira, molal, molar, moral, radio. | |
-5 letters: alar, alma, amia, amid, amir, aria, arid. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-i-l-l-m-o-r" | |
+1 letter: armadillos. | |
+2 letters: maladroitly. | |
+5 letters: antidromically, democratically, dermatological, polyacrylamide. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 72 6D 61 64 69 6C 6C 6F |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .-. -- .- -.. .. .-.. .-.. --- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110010 01101101 01100001 01100100 01101001 01101100 01101100 01101111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A r m a d i l l o |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0072 006D 0061 0064 0069 006C 006C 006F |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)358479677075787881 |
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