chlamyphore Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck
    pichiciego; Chlamyphorus truncatus; fairy armadillo; pichiciago.

WordNet

Chlam"y*phore noun
Etymology
Gr. cloak + to bear.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A small South American edentate (Chlamyphorus truncatus, and C. retusus) allied to the armadillo. It is covered with a leathery shell or coat of mail, like a cloak, attached along the spine.

Webster 1913