nine-banded armadillo
[ nahyn-ban-did ]
/ ˈnaɪnˌbæn dɪd /
noun
an armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus, of the southern U.S. to Argentina, having nine hinged bands of bony plates, the female of which usually gives birth to quadruplets that are always of the same sex.
Also called
peba,
Texas armadillo.
Origin of nine-banded armadillo
First recorded in 1905–10
Words nearby nine-banded armadillo
nine ball,
nine days' wonder,
nine plus two array,
nine plus zero array,
nine worthies,
nine-banded armadillo,
nine-days wonder,
nine-eleven,
nine-spot,
nine-to-five,
ninebark