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pichiciago
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pichiciago has 1 sense
- pichiciago(n = noun.animal) chlamyphore, chlamyphorus truncatus, fairy armadillo, pichiciego - very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck; Array is a kind of armadillo
is a member of chlamyphorus, genus chlamyphorus
CIDE DICTIONARY
pichiciago, n. [Native name.].
A small, burrowing, South American edentate (Chlamyphorus truncatus ), allied to the armadillos. The shell is attached only along the back. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pichiciago, n. (pl. -os) a small S. American armadillo, Chlamyphorus truncatus.
Etymology
Sp. pichiciego perh. f. Guarani pichey armadillo + Sp. ciego blind f. L caecus
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