armadillo has definitions from the field of zoology
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[ noun ] (zoology) burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates

Used in print

(Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)

A dead armadillo , the sole occupant of the stage , symbolizes the crisis and destruction of the Old_Order .

The night we saw it , a rather unpleasant situation arose when the soloist refused to approach the armadillo , complaining - in ad-lib - that `` it smelled '' .

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