How to Use armadillo in a Sentence

armadillo

noun
  • The are the smallest of the three species of armadillo.
    — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2017
  • The armadillos were easy, but the ants required a bit of work.
    — John Gray Singer, New York Times, 10 June 2018
  • When the first armadillo was sighted here in 2019, Bullard got a call.
    — Oliver Milman, Wired, 20 Nov. 2021
  • For land mammals, the giant armadillo is at the top with up to 100 teeth.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2025
  • The attraction of that house was this armadillo that would appear from time to time on the deck.
    — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 29 Apr. 2020
  • Ross dresses up as an armadillo to teach his son Ben (Cole Sprouse) about Hanukkah.
    — Eric Todisco, Peoplemag, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Back at camp, keep an eye out in the evenings for foraging armadillos.
    — Carrie Dennis, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2023
  • Texas The armadillo is Texas' state small mammal and the longhorn is the state's official large mammal.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2023
  • There’s a couple people that come by several times a day to say hi to the baboon and check in on the armadillo.
    — oregonlive, 25 Apr. 2020
  • The armadillo is also the mascot of Oruro’s soccer team.
    — Rachel Fobar, National Geographic, 22 Feb. 2019
  • The vote was declared void and a second election was held — this time the roadrunner and the armadillo were the top contenders.
    — Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Coyotes, hogs, and bobcats will eat them, but for the most part armadillos have it pretty easy.
    — Alan Clemons, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Our little native ant eater, the armadillo can be enough of a problem.
    — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 26 June 2017
  • And the bat and club were iconic features seen in both ankylosaurus and the glyptodons, which were ancient boulder-sized armadillos.
    — Nicholas St. Fleur, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2018
  • The store is out of Santa suits, so Ross rents an armadillo outfit instead.
    — Bob Sassone, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
  • This year, your choices are between a crab, an armadillo, and a penguin.
    — Ash Parrish, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2023
  • The mix of sculpture includes planes, hippos, art cows and armadillos.
    — Katherine Feser, Houston Chronicle, 2 Feb. 2018
  • That practice is profitable, but requires the skin of an armadillo.
    — Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Feb. 2025
  • What might the future hold for Andean hairy armadillos?
    — Rachel Fobar, National Geographic, 22 Feb. 2019
  • That same year Chavkin acquired a tattoo of an armadillo with its front claws removed.
    — Barbara Isenberg, latimes.com, 5 June 2019
  • Matte paper whispers under the fingers as the pages turn to show layered prints and etchings of monkeys and ferns; of the armadillo and the jaguar.
    — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 19 July 2018
  • In the clip, Dr. Antin tries to hand the mother of two an armadillo, and Cardi B comically shrieks in response.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 24 Sep. 2021
  • When fully grown, these screaming armadillos will weigh less than two pounds.
    — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2017
  • The smaller mammals—the armadillos, raccoons, some of the smaller deer—probably didn’t come through that well.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 6 Sep. 2017
  • Today, Wild Kingdom host Peter Gros came on the show with a screaming guest armadillo.
    — Kate Storey, Redbook, 28 Apr. 2016
  • And how do these women not know the difference between a possum and an armadillo?
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2022
  • An armadillo, a praying mantis and a snake have appeared.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 20 June 2019
  • In the past, the only way researchers could get enough M. leprae for genetic studies was to infect mice and armadillos in lab—then wait a year.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2018
  • In addition to raking the traps, the greenskeeper at the country club also hired McConaughey to hunt the armadillos that were wreaking havoc on the greens of the golf course.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Suddenly an armadillo loomed ahead of them, and the Nutmobile swerved.
    — oregonlive, 27 Dec. 2020

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