armadillos
Meaning of armadillos
plural noun
a nocturnal insectivorous mammal that has large claws for digging and a body covered in bony plates. Armadillos are native to Central and South America and one kind is spreading into the southern US.
late 16th century: from Spanish, diminutive of armado ‘armed man’, from Latin armatus, past participle of armare ‘to arm’.
Information about armadillos
- It is a name.
- The singular form of armadillos is: armadillo.
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Hyphenation of armadillos
ar-madil-los
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- armadillos is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
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