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arm candy
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armadillo

ar·ma·dil·lo [ rmə díllō ] (plural ar·ma·dil·los or ar·ma·dil·lo)


noun 
Definition:
 
mammal with hard-plated body: a burrowing mammal whose body is covered in hard plates, related to the anteater and sloth. Native to: temperate and tropical Americas.  Family Dasypodidae.

[Late 16th century. < Spanish, "little armed man" < Latin armare (see arm2)]
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