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Webster 1913 Edition
Tatouay
Tat′ou-ay
,Noun.
[Of Brazilian origin; cf. Pg.
tatu
, F. tatou
.] (Zool.)
An armadillo (
Xenurus unicinctus
), native of the tropical parts of South America. It has about thirteen movable bands composed of small, nearly square, scales. The head is long; the tail is round and tapered, and nearly destitute of scales; the claws of the fore feet are very large. Called also tatouary
, and broad-banded armadillo
.