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Look up: armadillo

  1. armadillo
    [n] - burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates
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  2. Armadillo
    Series of 4x4 armoured vehicles [GT]
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  3. Armadillo
    Tracked armoured marginal-terrain prototype
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  4. armadillo
    family of the order Edentata Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  5. armadillo
    (= b-catenin; beta catenin; arm) Drosophila > Drosophila gene encoding b-catenin, a component of adherens junctions. Links junctional complex to the cytoskeleton.
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  6. Armadillo
    Ar`ma·dil'lo (är`mȧ*dĭl'lo) noun ; plural Armadillos (-lōz). [ Spanish armadillo , dim. of armado armed, past participle of armar to arm. So called from being armed with a bony shell.] (Zoolo...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/121

  7. armadillo
    1. <zoology> Any edentate animal if the family Dasypidae, peculiar to America. Do called from being armed with a bony shell. ... The body and head are incased in an armor composed of small bony plates. The armadillos burrow in the earth, seldom going abroad except at night. When attacked, they...
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  8. armadillo
    noun burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates
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  9. Armadillo
    • (n.) Any edentate animal if the family Dasypidae, peculiar to America. The body and head are incased in an armor composed of small bony plates. The armadillos burrow in the earth, seldom going abroad except at night. When attacked, they curl up into a ball, presenting the armor on all sides. ...
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  10. armadillo
    any of various armoured mammals found mainly in tropical and subtropical regions of Central and South America. Most of the 20 species inhabit open ... [4 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/101

  11. Armadillo
    [disambiguation] An armadillo is a mammal. Armadillo may also refer to: == Film, literature, video games == == Places == == Military == == Other == ...
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  12. Armadillo
    [video game] ==Gameplay== The player controls a yellow armadillo with a red hat named Billy the Shell. Before each level, the player gets to move around on a board game-type screen, reminiscent of Super Mario Bros. 3. There are a lot of small squares, and the player can move on them one at a...
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  13. Armadillo
    [comics] Armadillo (Antonio Rodriguez), is a fictional character, a minor former supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. He first appeared in Captain America #308. ==Fictional character biography== ===Origin=== Antonio Rodriguez was born in San Antonio, Texas. He was given superhuman str...
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  14. Armadillo
    Armadillos are New World placental mammals with a leathery armor shell. The Dasypodidae are the only surviving family in the order Cingulata, part of the superorder Xenarthra, along with the anteaters and sloths. The word armadillo in Spanish means "little armored one". The Aztec called them azotoc...
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  15. armadillo
    armadillo (är"mudil'ō) , New World armored mammal of the order Edentata, a group that also includes the sloth and the anteater, characterized by peglike teeth without roots or enamel. Armadillos are found from Argentina to Panama, with one species reaching the southern United Stat...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08047

  16. Armadillo
    The armadillo (genus Dasypus), is an edentate mammal peculiar to South America, consisting of various species, belonging to a family intermediate between the sloths and ant-eaters. They are covered with a hard bony shell, divided into belts, composed of small separate plates like a coat of mail, fle...
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  17. armadillo
    Mammal of the family Dasypodidae, with an armour of bony plates along its back or, in some species, almost covering the entire body. Around 20 species live between Texas and Patagonia and range in size from the fairy armadillo, or pichiciego, Chlamyphorus truncatus, at 13 cm/5 ...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  18. Armadillo
    [magazine] Armadillo is a web-based magazine founded by Mary Hoffman and managed by her daughter Rhiannon Lassiter. The current editor is Louise Ellis-Barrett, the web editor is Doda Smith. Linda Newbery edits the Teen Reviews page and Adele Geras is the resident poetry reviewer.. Its purpos...
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  19. Armadillo
    [C++ library] The Armadillo C++ Library aims to provide an efficient and streamlined base for linear algebra operations (matrix maths), while at the same time having a straightforward and easy to use interface. Its intended target users are scientists and engineers. It supports integer, floa...
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  20. Armadillo
    [film] Armadillo is a Danish documentary film about Danish soldiers in the war in Afghanistan. The film follows a group of soldiers from the Guard Hussars (Horse Cavalry) regiment who are on their first mission in Helmand Province at a forward operating base named FOB Armadillo. The film pre...
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27 May 2012

This day in history: The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route, on 27 May 1936. The passenger accommodation emphasised the first two classes, cabin and tourist. The propulsion machinery of the ship produced a massive 160,000 SHP and gave it a speed of over 30 knots. Despite expectations that the ship would try to break speed records on its first voyage a thick fog destroyed any hope of this. The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines. When the ship returned to service, in August, it made a record voyage from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose light and took the Blue Riband from the Normandie. read more

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