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armadillo/ɑ:məˈdiləʊ/n. (pl. -os) a nocturnal insect-eating edentate mammal of the family Dasypodidae, native to Central and S. America, with large claws for digging and a body covered in bony plates, often rolling itself into a ball when threatened 犰狳(一种产于中南美洲、食昆虫的贫齿目夜行哺乳动物，受到威胁时经常把身子卷缩成球状) [Spanish, diminutive of armado ‘armed man’ from Latin armatus, past part. of armare ‘to arm’] |