a. and sb. Zool. [f. mod.L. Tolypeutes + -INE1.] a. adj. Belonging to the genus Tolypeutes of armadillos. b. sb. An armadillo of this genus.
1885. Stand. Nat. Hist. (1888), V. 50. The Apars, or Tolypeutines, exhibit the extreme of modification in the family.
