tatouay

n. [动](南美产的)大犰狳

词形变化

tatouays 复数 tatouays

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An armadillo (Cabassous tatouay), native to tropical South America; the broad-banded armadillo.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

cabassous

上位词 1

armadillo

词源

From a compound word in a Tupi-Guarani language (compare tatu-ai), of which the first element is ultimately from Old Tupi tatu (“armadillo”). Compare Portuguese tatu, French tatou. The second element (ay or ai) may mean "wound" because of a belief that its fat was used on wounds, or "colored", or "worthless".

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