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Noun: nine-banded armadillo
  1. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas to Paraguay
    - peba, Texas armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus

Derived forms: nine-banded armadillos

Type of: armadillo

Part of: Dasypus, genus Dasypus

Encyclopedia: Nine-banded armadillo