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Definition of Tatouay
1. Noun. Naked-tailed armadillo of tropical South America.
Generic synonyms: Armadillo
Group relationships: Genus Cabassous
Definition of Tatouay
1. n. An armadillo (Xenurus unicinctus), native of the tropical parts of South America. It has about thirteen movable bands composed of small, nearly square, scales. The head is long; the tail is round and tapered, and nearly destitute of scales; the claws of the fore feet are very large. Called also tatouary, and broad-banded armadillo.
Definition of Tatouay
1. Noun. An armadillo (''Xenurus unicinctus''), native to tropical South America; the broad-banded armadillo. ¹
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Definition of Tatouay
1. a South American armadillo [n -AYS]
Medical Definition of Tatouay
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tatouay
Literary usage of Tatouay
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Natural History: Or, Second Division of "The English Encyclopedia" edited by Charles Knight (1866)
"They have nine or ten teeth throughout. 8. D. tatouay (Desmarest) ... The whole
length of the tatouay, as given by Azara, is 264 inches, from which if we ..."
2. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1866)
"They have nine or ten teeth throughout. 8. D. tatouay (Desmarest) ... The whole
length of the tatouay, as given by Azara, is 264 inches, from which if we ..."
3. The National Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge (1853)
"The tatouay is about 1 foot 7 inches long, exclusive of the tail, which is somewhat
more than 7 inches. The intermediate bands are twelve in number, ..."
4. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1865)
"D. tatouay, Desm. Mamm. 369 ; Tschudi, Faun. Peru, 206 ; Guérin, Icon. ...
Tatou tatouay, Azara. In a young specimen, not in a good state in the British ..."
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