Noun
having nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas to Paraguay
Source: WordNetCoypu and nine-banded armadillo have been introduced to the state and now also common. Source: Internet
The nine-banded armadillo also serves science through its unusual reproductive system, in which four genetically identical offspring are born, the result of one original egg. Source: Internet
The nine-banded armadillo prefers to build burrows in moist soil near the creeks, streams, and arroyos around which it lives and feeds. Source: Internet