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pentail
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Word definitions for pentail in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third; of Malaysia [syn: pen-tail , pen-tailed tree shrew ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An insectivore (''Ptilocercus lowii'') of Borneo, with a very long, quill-shaped tail, which is scaly at the base and plumose at the tip.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pentail \Pen"tail`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A peculiar insectivore ( Ptilocercus Lowii ) of Borneo; -- so called from its very long, quill-shaped tail, which is scaly at the base and plumose at the tip.
Usage examples of pentail.
The leather-backed chainmail of the pentail thumped on his neck, and sweat from the sponge-and-cork lining ran into his hair and down his cheeks, greasy and stale.