鎧よろい鼠ねずみ

noun

armadillo

Rare Japanese word for armadillo; in modern Japanese, アルマジロ is overwhelmingly more common. This term may appear in older texts or as a literal translation of 'armored rat'.

See also: アルマジロ

• 古ふるい図ず鑑かんには「鎧よろい鼠ねずみ」と書かいてあるが、今いまはアルマジロと呼よぶ。

  In old illustrated reference books it's written as 鎧鼠, but now we call it アルマジロ.