tatouay

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Scrabble points
10
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10
Letters
7

Definition of tatouay

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. An armadillo (Cabassous tatouay), native to tropical South America; the broad-banded armadillo.

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Etymology

From a compound word in a Tupi-Guarani language (compare tatu-ai), of which the first element is ultimately from Old Tupi tatu (“armadillo”). Compare Portuguese tatu, French tatou. The second element (ay or ai) may mean "wound" because of a belief that its fat was used on wounds, or "colored", or "worthless".

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