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'dillo

'dillo is the contraction of armadillo.

Meaning of armadillo

Noun

armadillo (plural armadillos or armadilloes)

  1. Any of the burrowing mammals in the families Dasypodidae, Chlamyphoridae, Tolypeutidae and Euphractidae in the order Cingulata, found in the Americas, especially South America, and covered with bony, jointed protective plates.
    • The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters …. But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna.2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32
    Synonyms:
    quirquincho

Forms of 'dillo

plural'dillos

Questions about 'dillo

What is 'dillo the contraction of?
'dillo is the contraction of armadillo.

Words near 'dillo in the dictionary

  1. 'cuzzis
  2. 'd
  3. 'd best
  4. 'd better
  5. 'deed
  6. 'dillo
  7. 'dillos
  8. 'dine
  9. 'dines
  10. 'dis
  11. 'do

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Adapted from Wiktionary: 'dillo (page history and authors); armadillo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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