nine-banded armadillo

1. 1.

   having nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas to Paraguay

   SynonymspebaTexas armadilloDasypus novemcinctus

   Broaderarmadillo

   Part ofDasypus

Questions about nine-banded armadillo

What does nine-banded armadillo mean?

nine-banded armadillo means "having nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas to Paraguay".

What is another word for nine-banded armadillo?

Close synonyms include peba, Texas armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nine-banded armadillo a common word?

nine-banded armadillo is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.