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Webster 1913 Edition


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)

  1. (zoology) A small South American armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus and Chlamyphorus retusus, now Calyptophractus retusus), covered with a leathery shell.