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pangolin

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Noun

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pan=go=lin

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun pangolin has 1 sense

pangolin(n = noun.animal) anteater, scaly anteater - toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites; Array

is a kind of eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal

is a member of genus manis, manis

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CIDE DICTIONARY

pangolin, n. [Malay pang.].

Any one of several species of Manis, Pholidotus, and related genera, found in Africa and Asia. They are covered with imbricated scales, and feed upon ants. Called also scaly ant-eater. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

pangolin, n. any scaly anteater of the genus Manis, native to Asia and Africa, having a small head with elongated snout and tongue, and a tapering tail.

Etymology

Malay peng-goling roller (from its habit of rolling itself up)

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