Tatouay

Tatouay
Tatouay Tat"ou*ay, n. [Of Brazilian origin; cf. Pg. tatu, F. tatou.] (Zo["o]l.) An armadillo ({Xenurus unicinctus}), native of the tropical parts of South America. It has about thirteen movable bands composed of small, nearly square, scales. The head is long; the tail is round and tapered, and nearly destitute of scales; the claws of the fore feet are very large. Called also {tatouary}, and {broad-banded armadillo}. [1913 Webster]

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  • tatouay — noun naked tailed armadillo of tropical South America • Syn: ↑cabassous, ↑Cabassous unicinctus • Hypernyms: ↑armadillo • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Cabassous * * * ˈtatüˌā, ˌtätüˈī noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • tatouay — /tat ooh ay , tah tooh uy /, n. a naked tailed armadillo, Cabassous unicintus, of tropical South America. [1825 35; < Sp tatuay < Pg < Guarani tatu ai, equiv. to tatu armadillo + ai worthless, lazy] * * * …   Universalium

  • tatouay — tat·ou·ay …   English syllables

  • tatouay — /ˈtætueɪ/ (say tatoohay), /tatuˈaɪ/ (say tahtooh uy) noun an armadillo, Tatoua unicintus, of tropical South America. {Brazilian Portuguese tatuay, from Guaraní, from tatu armadillo + ay valueless (i.e. inedible as food) …  

  • Cabassous tatouay — Cabassous tatouay …   Wikipédia en Français

  • broad-banded armadillo — Tatouay Tat ou*ay, n. [Of Brazilian origin; cf. Pg. tatu, F. tatou.] (Zo[ o]l.) An armadillo ({Xenurus unicinctus}), native of the tropical parts of South America. It has about thirteen movable bands composed of small, nearly square, scales. The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tatouary — Tatouay Tat ou*ay, n. [Of Brazilian origin; cf. Pg. tatu, F. tatou.] (Zo[ o]l.) An armadillo ({Xenurus unicinctus}), native of the tropical parts of South America. It has about thirteen movable bands composed of small, nearly square, scales. The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Xenurus unicinctus — Tatouay Tat ou*ay, n. [Of Brazilian origin; cf. Pg. tatu, F. tatou.] (Zo[ o]l.) An armadillo ({Xenurus unicinctus}), native of the tropical parts of South America. It has about thirteen movable bands composed of small, nearly square, scales. The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Greater Naked-tailed Armadillo — Taxobox name = Greater Naked tailed Armadillo status = LC status system = iucn3.1 trend = unknown regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Cingulata familia = Dasypodidae genus = Cabassous species = C. tatouay binomial =… …   Wikipedia

  • Armadillo — For other uses, see Armadillo (disambiguation). Armadillos Temporal range: Late Paleocene–Recent …   Wikipedia

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