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armadillo
noun
ar·ma·dil·lo
ˌär-mə-ˈdi-(ˌ)lō 
plural armadillos
: any of a family (Dasypodidae) of burrowing edentate mammals found from the southern U.S. to Argentina and having the body and head encased in an armor of small bony plates
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—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 25 Dec. 2025
Marty Supreme is chockablock with similarly specific delights, from a delivery truck for the Forward parked outside the paper’s old offices to an armadillo on sale at a pet store — perfectly legal back then!
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Maggie Koerth, CNN Money, 25 Dec. 2025
Her character and her son are looking at a rabbit but choose to leave with an armadillo instead.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 25 Dec. 2025
Marty Supreme is chockablock with similarly specific delights, from a delivery truck for the Forward parked outside the paper’s old offices to an armadillo on sale at a pet store — perfectly legal back then!
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 23 Dec. 2025
Of course, there’s lots of pottery, in the form of everything from birds and bugs to Texas armadillos and more.
—Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 15 Nov. 2025
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“Armadillo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/armadillo. Accessed 5 Jan. 2026.
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armadillo
noun
ar·ma·dil·lo
ˌär-mə-ˈdil-ō
plural armadillos
: any of several small burrowing mammals of warm parts of the Americas whose head and body are protected by hard bony armor
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