pichiciago
noun
pich·i·ci·a·go
ˌpichēsēˈ|ä(ˌ)gō,
|ā(-
variants or less commonly pichichago
-chēˈch|
plural -s
: a small burrowing South American armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus) armored with many bands of plates that are laterally replaced by thick hair
also : a larger but very similar form that constitutes a separate genus (Burmeisteria)
Word History
Etymology
perhaps from Allentiac