pichiciago

noun

pich·​i·​ci·​a·​go

ˌpichēsēˈ|ä(ˌ)gō,

|ā(-

variants or less commonly pichichago

-chēˈch|

plural -s

: a small burrowing South American armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus) armored with many bands of plates that are laterally replaced by thick hair

also : a larger but very similar form that constitutes a separate genus (Burmeisteria)

Word History

Etymology

perhaps from Allentiac

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