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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Tat·ou·ay n.  Zool. An armadillo (Xenurus unicinctus), native of the tropical parts of South America.  It has about thirteen movable bands composed of small, nearly square, scales.  The head is long; the tail is round and tapered, and nearly destitute of scales; the claws of the fore feet are very large.  Called also tatouary, and broad-banded armadillo.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ca·bas·sou n. Zoöl. A species of armadillo of the genus Xenurus (Xenurus unicinctus and Xenurus hispidus); the tatouay. [Written also kabassou.]
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