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Definition of Pichiciego
1. Noun. Very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck.
Exact synonyms: Chlamyphore, Chlamyphorus Truncatus, Fairy Armadillo, Pichiciago
Generic synonyms: Armadillo
Group relationships: Chlamyphorus, Genus Chlamyphorus
Generic synonyms: Armadillo
Group relationships: Chlamyphorus, Genus Chlamyphorus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pichiciego
Literary usage of Pichiciego
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1873)
"There are only two species of the edentata, the dasypus and pichiciego, the latter
a very rare animal, found only in Chili. There are three ruminants, ..."
2. A History of Chile by Anson Uriel Hancock (1893)
"... two species of edentata {dasypus and pichiciego, the latter rare and peculiar
to Chile), three ruminants, the huanaco, and two deer,(the pudu and ..."
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