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/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]
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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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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·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
