pichiciago n 1: very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck [syn: {pichiciago}, {pichiciego}, {fairy armadillo}, {chlamyphore}, {Chlamyphorus truncatus}]
Pichiciago \Pi`chi*ci*a"go\, n. [Native name.] (Zool.) A small, burrowing, South American edentate ({Chlamyphorus truncatus}), allied to the armadillos. The shell is attached only along the back. [Written also {pichyciego}.] [1913 Webster]