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'Armadillo' is a word borrowed from Spanish 'armadillo'. The word entered the English language some time around 1577.

armadillo [noun] [1577]

Any of a family (Dasypodidae) of burrowing edentate mammals found from the southern United States to Argentina and havi...

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Etymology: Spanish, from diminutive of 'armado' armed one, from Latin 'armatus'

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