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chlamyphore |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chlamyphore \Chlam"y*phore\, n. [Gr. ? cloak + ? to bear.] (Zo["o]l.) A small South American edentate ({Chlamyphorus truncatus}, and {C. retusus}) allied to the armadillo. It is covered with a leathery shell or coat of mail like a cloak, attached along the spine. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: chlamyphore n : very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck [syn: {pichiciago}, {pichiciego}, {fairy armadillo}, {Chlamyphorus truncatus}]
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