Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Tatouay

Tatouay , noun

[Of Brazilian origin; compare Portuguese tatu, French tatou.]

(Zoology) 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.