genus dasypus

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the Dasypodidae (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	mammal genus,
definition	:	a genus of mammals (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	dasypus novemcinctus, nine-banded armadillo, peba, texas armadillo,
definition	:	having nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas to Paraguay (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	dasypodidae, family dasypodidae,
definition	:	armadillos (noun.animal)