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Definition of Pichiciago
1. Noun. Very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck.
Generic synonyms: Armadillo
Group relationships: Chlamyphorus, Genus Chlamyphorus
Definition of Pichiciago
1. n. A small, burrowing, South American edentate (Chlamyphorus truncatus), allied to the armadillos. The shell is attached only along the back.
Medical Definition of Pichiciago
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pichiciago
Literary usage of Pichiciago
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals by John George Wood (1866)
"... the POUCHED RAT, the CAMAS RAT, the MOLE RAT, and the SAND MOLE—The WHITE
BEAR—Its curious Dwelling—Snow as a Shelter—The pichiciago—Its Form, Armour, ..."
2. Strange Dwellings: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals by John George Wood (1872)
"FROM a work of this character, so remarkable an animal as the pichiciago ought
not to be omitted. ..."
3. Trespassers: Showing how the Inhabitants of Earth, Air, and Water are by John George Wood (1875)
"As to the first point, there is a curious and very striking analogy between the
armour of the pichiciago and the shell of the ..."
4. A History of Land Mammals in the Western Hemisphere by William Berryman Scott (1913)
"In the little pichiciago (Chlamy- ... of Patagonia is smaller than a rabbit and,
least of all, the pichiciago is but five inches long. ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1833)
"An examination of the pichiciago skeleton proves it to be an exceedingly aberrant
member of the Armadillo family having structural affinities with other and ..."
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