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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

physical entity go
an entity that has physical existence

object, physical object go
a tangible and visible entity

whole, unit go
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity

living thing, animate thing go
a living (or once living) entity

organism, being go
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna go
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

chordate go
any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column

vertebrate, craniate go
animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium

mammal, mammalian go
any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair

placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal go
mammals having a placenta

edentate go
primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth

armadillo
burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates

noun.animal

7 Subcategories

peba, nine-banded armadillo, Texas armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus go
having nine hinged bands of bony plates
apar, three-banded armadillo, Tolypeutes tricinctus go
South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates
tatouay, cabassous, Cabassous unicinctus go
naked-tailed armadillo of tropical South America
peludo, poyou, Euphractus sexcinctus go
Argentine armadillo with six movable bands and hairy underparts
giant armadillo, tatou, tatu, Priodontes giganteus go
about three feet long exclusive of tail
pichiciago, pichiciego, fairy armadillo, chlamyphore, Chlamyphorus truncatus go
very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck
greater pichiciego, Burmeisteria retusa go
of southern South America