Dasypus

noun

type genus of the Dasypodidae

• Syn: ↑genus Dasypus

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Dasypodidae, ↑family Dasypodidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑peba, ↑nine-banded armadillo, ↑Texas armadillo, ↑Dasypus novemcinctus

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\\ˈdasəpəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from dasy- + -pus

: a genus (the type of the family Dasypodidae) of armadillos that includes the peba and other common armadillos

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Dasypus /dasˈi-pŭs or -pəs/

noun

A genus of armadillos

ORIGIN: Gr dasypous a hare, from dasys hairy, and pous, podos foot

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dasˈypod noun

Any member of the genus

Dasypodˈidae plural noun

The armadillo family