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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: naked-tailed armadillo of tropical South America [syn: tatouay, cabassous, Cabassous unicinctus]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tatouay Tat"ou*ay, n. [Of Brazilian origin; cf. Pg. tatu, F. tatou.] (Zo["o]l.) An armadillo (Xenurus unicinctus), native of the tropical parts of South America. It has about thirteen movable bands composed of small, nearly square, scales. The head is long; the tail is round and tapered, and nearly destitute of scales; the claws of the fore feet are very large. Called also tatouary, and broad-banded armadillo.