Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Tatouay"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tatouay \Tat"ou*ay\, n. [Of Brazilian origin; cf. Pg. tatu, F.
tatou.] (Zo["o]l.)
An armadillo ({Xenurus unicinctus}), native of the tropical
parts of South America. It has about thirteen movable bands
composed of small, nearly square, scales. The head is long;
the tail is round and tapered, and nearly destitute of
scales; the claws of the fore feet are very large. Called
also {tatouary}, and {broad-banded armadillo}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tatouay
n : naked-tailed armadillo of tropical South America [syn: {cabassous},
{Cabassous unicinctus}]
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