Crossword clues for pentail
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pentail
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.
Wiktionary
pentail
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.
WordNet
pentail
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]
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.