Hypernyms for "armadillo"
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apar
Burmeisteria retusa
cabassous
Cabassous unicinctus
chlamyphore
Chlamyphorus truncatus
Dasypus novemcinctus
Euphractus sexcinctus
fairy armadillo
giant armadillo
greater pichiciego
nine-banded armadillo
peba
peludo
pichiciago
pichiciego
poyou
Priodontes giganteus
tatou
tatouay
tatu
Texas armadillo
three-banded armadillo
Tolypeutes tricinctus
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.