armadillo /cma'dilou; zarma'dilo/ n (pl ~s) /-lauz; -loz/ small burrowing animal of 8 America, with a body covered with a shell of bony plates, and the habit of rolling itself up into a ball when attacked. 犰狳 (產(chǎn)于南美洲之穴居小動(dòng)物; 身體覆有骨質(zhì)堅(jiān)甲，遇敵能縮成球狀) 。 the ilius at small. 參看 small 之插圖。