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Peccadillo vs Armadillo - What's the difference?

peccadillo | armadillo |

As nouns the difference between peccadillo and armadillo

is that peccadillo is a small flaw or sin while armadillo is any of a family of burrowing mammals covered with bony, jointed, protective plates, genus dasypus .

peccadillo

English

(wikipedia peccadillo)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A small flaw or sin.
  • A petty offense.

    • armadillo

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Any of a family of burrowing mammals covered with bony, jointed, protective plates, genus Dasypus .
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    • , volume=189, issue=7, page=32, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= 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.}}

    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") ----