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Definition of Dasypodidae
1. Noun. Armadillos.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Suborder Xenarthra, Xenarthra
Member holonyms: Armadillo, Dasypus, Genus Dasypus, Genus Tolypeutes, Tolypeutes, Genus Cabassous, Euphractus, Genus Euphractus, Genus Priodontes, Priodontes, Chlamyphorus, Genus Chlamyphorus, Burmeisteria, Genus Burmeisteria
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dasypodidae
Literary usage of Dasypodidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"... very type of imperfection in nature. " One more defect," he wrote, "they could
not have existed." Fam. 3. Dasypodidae.— The family Dasypodidae or Arma- ..."
2. The Student's Manual of Comparative Anatomy, and Guide to Dissection by George Herbert Morrell (1872)
"J In the Loricate or Armadillo family (Dasypodidae) the vertebral column is
remarkable for the prevalence of ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... whose* position is next to the armadillos (Dasypodidae) ; the group being
represented by a number of generic types. The Pleistocene forms, whose remains ..."
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