Dasypus

See also: dasypus

Translingual

Dasypus novemcinctus (nine-banded armadillo)

Etymology

From Latin dasypus cucurbitinus (“gourd-like rabbit”), a mistaken calque of Classical Nahuatl āyōtōchin (“armadillo”), as though it were from ayohtli (“gourd”) +‎ tōchin (“rabbit”); in fact it is from āyōtl (“tortoise”) +‎ tōchin (“rabbit”).

Proper noun

Dasypus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Dasypodidae – long-nosed or naked-tailed armadillos.

Synonyms

• (genus): Cachicama, Cachicamus, Cataphractus, Cryptophractus, Hyperoambon, Loricatus, Muletia, Praopus, Tatu, Tatua, Tatus, Tatusia, Zonoplites – genera

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Cingulata – order; Dasypodidae – family; Dasypodinae – subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Dasypus novemcinctus (nine-banded armadillo) – type species; Dasypus hybridus (southern long-nosed armadillo), Dasypus kappleri (greater long-nosed armadillo), Dasypus pilosus (hairy long-nosed armadillo), Dasypus sabanicola (Llanos long-nosed armadillo), Dasypus septemcinctus (seven-banded armadillo), Dasypus yepesi (Yepes's mulita or Yunga's lesser long-nosed armadillo) – other species

Derived terms

• †Anadasypus

References

• Dasypus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dasypus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Dasypus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons