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# armadillo

«armadillo» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small mammal from the Americas with a body covered in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an armadillo, armadillos)

### meaning for a pupil

An armadillo is a small mammal from the Americas with a body covered in hard, bony plates like armour, which digs for insects with strong claws. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/armadillo/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons armadillos show protection adaptations: their shell is made of bony plates covered in tough skin. Only the three-banded armadillo can roll fully into a ball; others run or dig to escape. The nine-banded armadillo almost always has identical quadruplets. The name is Spanish for «little armoured one». Phrases: «roll up like an armadillo», «nine-banded armadillo», «giant armadillo».

### examples

- The armadillo rolled into a tight ball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/armadillo/#x1)
- Armadillos dig for ants and termites with their claws. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/armadillo/#x2)
- The name «armadillo» means «little armoured one» in Spanish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/armadillo/#x3)
- Nine-banded armadillos usually have four identical babies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/armadillo/#x4)
- An armadillo's shell is made of bony plates. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/armadillo/#x5)
- Armadillos live in Texas and South America. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/armadillo/#x6)
- The giant armadillo is as long as a child is tall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/armadillo/#x7)

### note

Plural «armadillos». Use «an»: «an armadillo». Myth: most armadillos cannot roll into a ball; only the three-banded ones can.

### In the corpora

- [The nine-banded armadillo almost always has four identical babies.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/95-the-nocturnal-house-night-animals-by-red-light/16/)
- [Glyptodonts were armadillo relatives as big as a small car, covered in a bony shell that protected them from hunters such as Smilodon.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/131-ice-age-sabre-tooths-ground-sloths-and-scrat/12/)
- [I should call it "Armadillo" till I found out the real one.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo/26/)
- [Armadillos live from the southern USA down to Argentina.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/83-justso-armadillos-2-the-first-armadillo/31/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «armadillo» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/armadillo/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.