The biological family that includes armadillos, characterized by their thick-haired feet and armored bodies.
From Greek 'dasys' (thick, hairy) + 'pous' (foot) + Latin '-idae' (family suffix). The name literally means 'the family of thick-footed animals.'
Dasypodidae is the official scientific family name for armadillos, and it stuck because when Europeans first saw these creatures, they were struck by their peculiar, thick, clawed feet!
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