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apar

apar noun: the three-banded armadillo, Tolypeutes matacus.

apar: the three-banded armadillo, Tolypeutes matacus
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Noun (1)

apar (plural apars)

  1. The three-banded armadillo, Tolypeutes matacus
    • The apar is mainly diurnal in its habits; and trusts for defence to its power of rolling itself into a ball, not dwelling in burrows like the members of the other genera.1895, Richard Lydekker, The Royal Natural History, page 224
    • The apars are noted, indeed, for their lively and restless manners.1907, Ernest Ingersoll, The Life of Animals: The Mammals, page 478

Noun (2) capitalized: APAR

APAR (plural APARs)

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of active phased array radar.
  2. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of authorized program analysis report.

Forms of apar

pluralapars
pluralAPARs

Questions about apar

What does apar mean?
Apar means the three-banded armadillo, Tolypeutes matacus.
What part of speech is apar?
Apar is a noun.
What is the plural of apar?
The plural of apar is apars.

Words near apar in the dictionary

  1. apapane
  2. apapanes
  3. Apaporis
  4. apapransa
  5. apapsis
  6. apar
  7. aparallactine
  8. aparallactines
  9. aparametric
  10. Aparan
  11. aparaphysate

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