[ < modern Latin Xenurus, < Greek οὐρά tail] Zoology(a) adj. belonging to the genus Xenurus of armadillos, having the tail nearly naked;(b) n. an armadillo of this genus, a kabassou.
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1884 J. S. KingsleyStandard Nat. Hist. (1888) V. 50 The Kabassous, or Xenurines, have the third as well as the fourth and fifth metacarpals abbreviated and broad.