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Groundhogs vs Armadillo - What's the difference?

groundhogs | armadillo |

As nouns the difference between groundhogs and armadillo

is that groundhogs is while armadillo is any of a family of burrowing mammals covered with bony, jointed, protective plates, genus dasypus .

groundhogs

English

Noun

(head)

    • armadillo

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Any of a family of burrowing mammals covered with bony, jointed, protective plates, genus Dasypus .
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    Hyponyms

    * (Andean hairy armadillo), beautiful armadillo, big hairy armadillo, (Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo), (dwarf armadillo), giant armadillo, (great long-nosed armadillo), (greater fairy armadillo), (greater naked-tailed armadillo), (hairy armadillo), (hairy long-nosed armadillo), (horned armadillo), (Llanos long-nosed armadillo), (naked-tailed armadillo), nine-banded armadillo, (northern horned armadillo), (northern three-banded armadillo), pink fairy armadillo, screaming hairy armadillo, (seven-banded armadillo), (six-banded armadillo), (southern long-nosed armadillo), (southern naked-tailed armadillo), (southern three-banded armadillo), (Texas armadillo), (three-banded armadillo)

    Related terms

    * armor

    See also

    * scutes * Xenarthra

    External links

    * (wikipedia "armadillo") ----