Any of the burrowing mammals covered with bony, jointed, protective plates, order Cingulata, found in the Americas, especially in South America.

plural of armadillo

plural of armadillo

The species of Chaetophractus (family Chlamyphoridae) / hairy long-nosed armadillo (Dasypus pilosus) (family Dasypodidae), endemic to Peru

A woodlouse, any of various terrestrial isopods of suborder Oniscidea.

(archaic) Dasypus hybridus, the southern long-nosed armadillo.

The largest living species of armadillo, Priodontes maximus

An extinct prehistoric species of armadillo, †Dasypus bellus.

plural of giant armadillo

(US, cooking) A jalapeño popper, especially when wrapped in bacon or sausage meat. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see armadillo, egg.