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USS Armadillo (IX-111) — USS Armadillo (IX 111), the lead ship of her class of tanker was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the armadillo, an insect eating mammal which has an armorlike shell encasing its back and head. Her keel was laid down as… … Wikipedia
Characters of PoPoLoCrois — These are the characters that appear in PoPoLoCrois.Pietro* Main CharacterThe game starts when Pietro just turns 10 years old. He first goes into a quest to save his mother, but as the game progresses, he gets into much deeper objectives. Pietro… … Wikipedia
harlequin fetus — a fetus covered with thick, horny armorlike plates as a result of an autosomal recessive keratinizing disorder; it may also be a severe form of collodion baby or it may represent the extreme form of lamellar ichthyosis. Babies born with this… … Medical dictionary
armadillo — [är΄mə dil′ō] n. pl. armadillos [Sp, dim. of armado, armored < L armatus: see ARMADA] any of a family (Dasypodidae) of burrowing edentate mammals with an armorlike covering of bony plates, ranging from the S U.S. to Argentina: they are mostly… … English World dictionary
barding — ˈbärdiŋ noun ( s) Etymology: from gerund of bard (III) : the armorial or armorlike ornamental trappings of a horse usually used in plural … Useful english dictionary
pipe|fish — «PYP FIHSH», noun, plural fish|es or (collectively) fish. any one of a group of marine fishes commonly having a long snout and a long, slender, angular body covered with armorlike plates … Useful english dictionary
trunk|fish — «TRUHNGK FIHSH», noun, plural fish|es or (collectively) fish. any one of a family of plectognath fishes of tropical seas, having the body encased in bony, armorlike plates, so that only the appendages can be moved … Useful english dictionary
