peba

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

peba
    n 1: having nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas
         to Paraguay [syn: {peba}, {nine-banded armadillo}, {Texas
         armadillo}, {Dasypus novemcinctus}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Peba \Pe"ba\ (p[=e]"b[.a]), n. [Cf. Pg. peba.] (Zool.)
   An armadillo ({Tatusia novemcincta}) which is found from
   Texas to Paraguay; -- called also {tatouhou}.
   [1913 Webster]

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