PICHICIAGO

pichiciago, pichiciego, fairy armadillo, chlamyphore, Chlamyphorus truncatus

(noun) very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

pichiciago (plural pichiciagos)

Alternative form of pichiciego

Source: Wiktionary


Pi`chi*ci*a"go, n. Etym: [Native name.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: A small, burrowing, South American edentate (Chlamyphorus truncatus), allied to the armadillos. The shell is attached only along the back. [Written also pichyciego.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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