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Definition of Chlamyphore
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 Chlamyphore
1. n. A small South American edentate (Chlamyphorus truncatus, and C. retusus) allied to the armadillo. It is covered with a leathery shell or coat of mail, like a cloak, attached along the spine.
Definition of Chlamyphore
1. Noun. (zoology) A small South American edentate (''Chlamyphorus truncatus'' and ''C. retusus'') allied to the armadillo, covered with a leathery shell. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chlamyphore
Literary usage of Chlamyphore
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"... which is produced into an acromion, long in all the species and unusually so
in the chlamyphore, ib. n ; in most it sends down a process from its base. ..."
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