dazipo

Esperanto

FWOTD – 18 June 2020

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dasypus, from Ancient Greek δασύπους (dasúpous).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [daˈzipo]
  • Rhymes: -ipo
  • Hyphenation: da‧zi‧po

Noun

dazipo (accusative singular dazipon, plural dazipoj, accusative plural dazipojn)

  1. armadillo
    • 2011, Giuseppe & Ursula Grattapaglia, "Somera kongreso en januaro", La Ondo de Esperanto, No. 12 (206), page 10.
      Evidente li ne trovis flugon, sed li spertos someran klimaton en la plej moderna ĉefurbo de la mondo, kie antaŭ 60 jaroj ekzistis senhoma savano loĝata nur de dazipoj, emuoj kaj jaguaroj!
      Clearly he didn't find any flight [to this suburb], but he experienced the summer climate in the most modern capital city of the world, where 60 years ago existed a humanless savannah inhabited only by armadillos, emus and jaguars

Hyponyms

  • dazipidino (female armadillo cub)
  • dazipido (armadillo cub)
  • dazipino (she-armadillo)
  • virdazipo (male armadillo)

Holonyms

  • daziparo (pack of armadillos)
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