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Chlamyphore
Chlam′y-phore
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] cloak +
φέρειν
to bear.] (Zool.)
A small South American edentate (
Chlamyphorus truncatus
, and Chlamyphorus retusus
) allied to the armadillo. It is covered with a leathery shell or coat of mail, like a cloak, attached along the spine. Definition 2024
chlamyphore
chlamyphore
English
Noun
chlamyphore (plural chlamyphores)
- (zoology) A small South American armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus and Chlamyphorus retusus, now Calyptophractus retusus), covered with a leathery shell.