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’.

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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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