| peba | (n) having nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas to Paraguay, Syn. nine-banded armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus, Texas armadillo |
| leatherwood | (n) deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers, Syn. wicopy, moose-wood, Dirca palustris, ropebark, moosewood |
| Peba | n. [ Cf. Pg. peba. ] (Zool.) An armadillo (Tatusia novemcincta) which is found from Texas to Paraguay; -- called also |
| Ropeband | n. (Naut.) A small piece of spun yarn or marline, used to fasten the head of the sail to the spar. |