Peba

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Peba \Pe"ba\ (p[=e]"b[.a]), n. [Cf. Pg. peba.] (Zool.)
     An armadillo ({Tatusia novemcincta}) which is found from
     Texas to Paraguay; -- called also {tatouhou}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  peba
       n : having nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas
           to Paraguay [syn: {nine-banded armadillo}, {Texas
           armadillo}, {Dasypus novemcinctus}]