armadillo
Kelime Anlamı :
1. tatu [(Zooloji) ].
2. Armadillo, ana yurdu Güney Amerika olan plasental memeli. Ortalama 75 cm. uzunluğundadır. Armadilloların vücudu bir tür zırhla korunur, temel yiyeceği böceklerdir. Yiyecek bulmak için toprağı kazarlar, koku alma duyuları çok geliştiğinden böcekleri bulabilirler. Toprağı kazarken çok hızlı davranır ve bu süre içinde burunları toprak ile temas hâlinde olduğundan nefesini tutarlar. Armadilloların bir defada 4 yavruları olur ve 4 yavrununda cinsiyetleri aynıdır.
3. tespih böceği.
4. tatu.
5. armadillo.
6. armadillo [(Zooloji) ].
Tanımlar :
1.
any of several omnivorous, burrowing, edentate mammals (family Dasypodidae), native to southern north america and south america and characterized by an armorlike covering consisting of jointed bony plates.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
any of a family of burrowing mammals covered with bony, jointed, protective plates, genus Dasypus.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1.
any edentate animal if the family Dasypidæ, peculiar to america. the body and head are incased in an armor composed of small bony plates. the armadillos burrow in the earth, seldom going abroad except at night. when attacked, they curl up into a ball, presenting the armor on all sides. their flesh is good food. there are several species, one of which (the peba) is found as far north as texas. see peba, poyou, tatouay.
2. A genus of small isopod crustacea that can roll themselves into a ball.
2. A genus of small isopod crustacea that can roll themselves into a ball.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
an american edentate quadruped, of the order Bruta (or Edentata) and suborder Loricata, and of the extant families Tatusiidœ, Dasypodidœ, and Chlamydophoridœ, or of the extinct family Glyptodontidœ, having a hard shell or carapace like a coat of mail, resulting from a peculiar ossification of the integument and the confluence of numerous small scutes.
2. in crustacea: A genus of isopods, of the family Oniscidœ, including the pillbugs, which can roll themselves into a ball like the mammals called armadillos.
3. A species of this genus; a pill-bug or sow-bug; a kind of wood-louse.
4. A name given to an electric battery composed of copper and zinc elements riveted together, and designed to be worn as a remedy in certain diseases.
2. in crustacea: A genus of isopods, of the family Oniscidœ, including the pillbugs, which can roll themselves into a ball like the mammals called armadillos.
3. A species of this genus; a pill-bug or sow-bug; a kind of wood-louse.
4. A name given to an electric battery composed of copper and zinc elements riveted together, and designed to be worn as a remedy in certain diseases.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia