chlamyphore

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chlamyphore - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Chlamyphore \Chlam"y*phore\, n. [Gr. ? cloak + fe`rein to bear.]
     (Zool.)
     A small South American edentate (Chlamyphorus truncatus,
     and Chlamyphorus retusus) allied to the armadillo. It is
     covered with a leathery shell or coat of mail, like a cloak,
     attached along the spine.
     [1913 Webster]

chlamyphore - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  chlamyphore
      n 1: very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and
           pink plates on head and neck [syn: pichiciago,
           pichiciego, fairy armadillo, chlamyphore,
           Chlamyphorus truncatus]