Definition of Fairy armadillo

1. Noun. Very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck.

Exact synonyms: Chlamyphore, Chlamyphorus Truncatus, Pichiciago, Pichiciego
Generic synonyms: Armadillo
Group relationships: Chlamyphorus, Genus Chlamyphorus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fairy Armadillo

fairs
fairtrade
fairwater
fairway
fairways
fairweather
fairweather friend
fairweather friends
fairy-ring mushroom
fairy-slipper
fairy-tale
fairy-wren
fairy-wrens
fairy armadillo (current term)
fairy bell
fairy bluebird
fairy bread
fairy cake
fairy chess
fairy circle
fairy cup
fairy dust
fairy floss
fairy fort
fairy forts
fairy godmother
fairy godmothers
fairy lantern

Literary usage of Fairy armadillo

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Naturalist in La Plata by William Henry Hudson (1895)
"The giant armadillo does not range so far, and the delicate little pink fairy armadillo, the truncated ..."

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