Armour Plated
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Etymology
The word armadillo means ‘little armored one’ in Spanish. It is derived from armadura ‘armour’, with the diminutive suffix -illo attached. The Aztecs called them āyōtōchtli , Nahuatl for ‘turtle-rabbit,’ āyōtl turtle’ and tōchtli ‘rabbit’. The Portuguese word for ‘armadillo’ is tatu which is derived from the Tupi language ta’ ‘bark, armor’ and tu ‘dense’and used in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Similar names are also found in other, especially European, languages.
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