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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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Other likely culprits include armadillos or birds, says Waltz.
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Marissa Armas, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
Other likely culprits include armadillos or birds, says Waltz.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2026
Nayara Tented Camp pushes this forward by creating a sanctuary for sloths out of the reforestation of hundreds of native trees, to grow alongside habitats for native frogs, birds, and armadillos.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Mar. 2026
This personality appeared all by himself in September on the twentieth floor of a New York hotel, as out of place as an armadillo.
—Literary Hub, 3 Mar. 2026
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“Armadillo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/armadillo. Accessed 6 Apr. 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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