[F. (Buffon) a. Galibi capaçou (Sauvage, Dict., 1763).] An armadillo of the genus Xenurus.
1774. Goldsm., Nat. Hist. (1862), I. VI. iii. 471. The fifth kind of Armadillo is the Kabassou or Cataphractus, with twelve bands.
1834. Penny Cycl., II. 354/2. The Kabassous, or fourth division of Baron Cuvier, have … five toes.
