Academic Dictionary
Home / Thesaurus / Chlamyphore
Find the word that fits

Chlamyphore: alternatives and connections

Begin with the reviewed alternatives, then explore broader connections without treating every related word as an automatic substitute.

Try an example: important law show help change happy
26,102 words currently have published synonym-style alternatives
90,593 searchable synonym connections
350,924 published thesaurus relationships of every type
Start with the meaning

Chlamyphore

A small South American edentate (Chlamyphorus truncatus, and C. retusus) allied to the armadillo. It is covered with a leathery shell or coat of mail, like a cloak, attached along the spine.

View the full dictionary entry Compare this word with another →
42 useful connections shown 2 reviewed relationships and 40 broader connections.
Best place to begin

Reviewed alternatives and contrasts

These links were deliberately created. Use the interchangeability score and guidance to judge whether a word will work in your sentence.

Broader term 1

Armadillo 76% connected

Any edentate animal if the family Dasypidae, peculiar to America. The body and head are incased in an armor composed of small bony plates. The armadi…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Definition Compare both words

Synonym 1

Pichiciago 92% connected

A small, burrowing, South American edentate (Chlamyphorus truncatus), allied to the armadillos. The shell is attached only along the back.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Definition Compare both words
Explore further

Words connected by meaning

Their definitions overlap or refer to similar ideas. Use these to widen your search, then compare the exact meanings.

Apar noun · 78% connection

Alt. of Apara

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, south, american, edentate, chlamyphorus.
Definition Compare
Bomb noun · 78% connection

A great noise; a hollow sound.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, south, american, edentate, chlamyphorus.
Definition Compare
Citrus noun · 78% connection

A genus of trees including the orange, lemon, citron, etc., originally natives of southern Asia.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, south, american, edentate, chlamyphorus.
Definition Compare
Edentate adjective · 78% connection

Destitute of teeth; as, an edentate quadruped; an edentate leaf.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, south, american, edentate, chlamyphorus.
Definition Compare
Glyptodon noun · 78% connection

An extinct South American quaternary mammal, allied to the armadillos. It was as large as an ox, was covered with tessellated scales,…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, south, american, edentate, chlamyphorus.
Definition Compare
Grison noun · 78% connection

A South American animal of the family Mustelidae (Galictis vittata). It is about two feet long, exclusive of the tail. Its under parts…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, south, american, edentate, chlamyphorus.
Definition Compare
Half-deck noun · 78% connection

A shell of the genus Crepidula; a boat shell. See Boat shell.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, south, american, edentate, chlamyphorus.
Definition Compare
Hart's-tongue noun · 78% connection

Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate fronds

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, south, american, edentate, chlamyphorus.
Definition Compare
Hart's-tongue fern noun · 78% connection

common epiphytic or sometimes terrestrial fern having pale yellow-green strap-shaped leaves; Florida to West Indies and Mexico and sou…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, south, american, edentate, chlamyphorus.
Definition Compare
Leatherback noun · 78% connection

A large sea turtle (Sphargis coriacea), having no bony shell on its back. It is common in the warm and temperate parts of the Atlantic…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, south, american, edentate, chlamyphorus.
Definition Compare
Loricate verb · 78% connection

To cover with some protecting substance, as with lute, a crust, coating, or plates.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, south, american, edentate, chlamyphorus.
Definition Compare
Mammee noun · 78% connection

A fruit tree of tropical America, belonging to the genus Mammea (M. Americana); also, its fruit. The latter is large, covered with a t…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, south, american, edentate, chlamyphorus.
Definition Compare
Mate noun · 78% connection

The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly (Ilex Paraguensis). The infusion has a pleasant odor, with an agreeable…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, south, american, edentate, chlamyphorus.
Definition Compare
Medlar noun · 78% connection

A tree of the genus Mespilus (M. Germanica); also, the fruit of the tree. The fruit is something like a small apple, but has a bony en…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, south, american, edentate, chlamyphorus.
Definition Compare
Mico noun · 78% connection

A small South American monkey (Mico melanurus), allied to the marmoset. The name was originally applied to an albino variety.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, south, american, edentate, chlamyphorus.
Definition Compare
Mylodon noun · 78% connection

An extinct genus of large slothlike American edentates, allied to Megatherium.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, south, american, edentate, chlamyphorus.
Definition Compare
Olfersia cervina noun · 78% connection

tropical American terrestrial fern with leathery lanceolate fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polybotrya

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, south, american, edentate, chlamyphorus.
Definition Compare
Paca noun · 78% connection

A small South American rodent (Coelogenys paca), having blackish brown fur, with four parallel rows of white spots along its sides; th…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, south, american, edentate, chlamyphorus.
Definition Compare
All dictionary tools

Explore Academic Dictionary

The same nine destinations available from the header menu are shown here as a clear, fully visible grid.

Dictionary Definitions and meanings Thesaurus Synonyms with nuance Academic writing Evidence and analysis Professional Workplace vocabulary Word origins Etymology and roots Subjects Specialist dictionaries Word clusters Connected vocabulary Word similarity Compare two words Crossword Play with vocabulary
Feedback