Pangolin vs Armadillo - What's the difference?
pangolin | armadillo |
The scaly anteater; any of several long-tailed, scale-covered mammals of the order Pholidota of tropical Africa and Asia, the sole extant genus of which is Manis .
Any of a family of burrowing mammals covered with bony, jointed, protective plates, genus Dasypus .
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As nouns the difference between pangolin and armadillo
is that pangolin is the scaly anteater; any of several long-tailed, scale-covered mammals of the order pholidota of tropical africa and asia, the sole extant genus of which is manis while armadillo is any of a family of burrowing mammals covered with bony, jointed, protective plates, genus dasypus .pangolin
English
(wikipedia pangolin) (Pholidota)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* trenggiling * scaly anteaterDerived terms
* Chinese pangolin * giant pangolin * ground pangolin * Indian pangolin * long-tailed pangolin * Philippine pangolin * Sunda pangolin * tree pangolinarmadillo
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Noun
(en-noun)Nick Miroff
Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […], passage=The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters […]. But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna.}}