armadillo

Borrowed from Spanish armadillo, diminutive of armado (“armored”), in reference to its protective plates.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɑɹməˈdɪloʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɑːməˈdɪləʊ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪləʊ
• Hyphenation: ar‧ma‧dil‧lo

armadillo (plural armadillos or armadilloes)

1. Any of the burrowing mammals covered with bony, jointed, protective plates, order Cingulata, found in the Americas, especially in South America.
   • 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:

     The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters …. But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna.

• (order Cingulata): Andean hairy armadillo, beautiful armadillo, big hairy armadillo, Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo, dwarf armadillo, giant armadillo, great long-nosed armadillo, greater fairy armadillo, greater naked-tailed armadillo, hairy armadillo, hairy long-nosed armadillo, horned armadillo, Llanos long-nosed armadillo, naked-tailed armadillo, nine-banded armadillo, northern horned armadillo, northern three-banded armadillo, pink fairy armadillo, screaming hairy armadillo, seven-banded armadillo, six-banded armadillo, southern long-nosed armadillo, southern naked-tailed armadillo, southern three-banded armadillo, Texas armadillo, three-banded armadillo
• armadillo bug
• armadillo egg

• armor

• scutes
• Xenarthra

• armadillo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from Spanish armadillo.

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /əɾ.məˈdi.ʎo/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ər.məˈdi.ʎu/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /aɾ.maˈdi.ʎo/

armadillo m (plural armadillos)

1. armadillo

Borrowed from Spanish armadillo.

armadillo m (plural armadilli)

1. armadillo

Borrowed from English armadillo, from Spanish armadillo, diminutive of armado (“armored”), in reference to its protective plates.

• IPA^(key): /a(r)madilo/
• Rhymes: -ilo, -lo, -o

armadillo

1. armadillo

From armado (“armored”) +‎ -illo (“diminutive”), i.e. "little armored one".

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /armaˈdiʎo/, [armaˈðiʎo]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /armaˈdiɟ͡ʝo/, [armaˈðiʝo]

armadillo m (plural armadillos)

1. armadillo

• ayotoste (Mexican Indian)

• “armadillo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.