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tatouay
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tatouay has 1 sense
- tatouay(n = noun.animal) cabassous, cabassous unicinctus - naked-tailed armadillo of tropical South America; Array is a kind of armadillo
is a member of genus cabassous
CIDE DICTIONARY
tatouay, n. [Of Brazilian origin; cf. Pg. tatu, F. tatou.].
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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