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Definition of Cabassous
1. Noun. Naked-tailed armadillo of tropical South America.
Generic synonyms: Armadillo
Group relationships: Genus Cabassous
Definition of Cabassous
1. Noun. (plural of cabassou) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cabassous
Literary usage of Cabassous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of the Connecticut Academy of Arts & Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, Yale University (1911)
"That cabassous centralis also served the ancient potter as a model is highly
probable. The three regions of the carapace are almost as distinct as in the ..."
2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1904)
"cabassous hispidus BANGS, Proc. N. Engl. Zool. Club, I, Feb. 23, 1900, 89 (Santa
Marta). Three specimens, carapaces with skeletons, all adult males, ..."
3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"A third subdivision of the Tatous, or the cabassous, Cuv., Has five toes to the
fore feet, but directed obliquely, so that the thumb and index are slender, ..."
4. The Barnacles (Cirripedia) Contained in the Collections of the U.S. National by Henry Augustus Pilsbry (1907)
"cabassous centralis (Miller). See Palmer,, Proe. Biol. Soc. Wash., XIII, p.
72, September 28, 1899. Hilf- Skin and skull. Adult female. ..."
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