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Pentail

Pentail Meaning & Definition
Pentail Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pentail?

[n] brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third; of Malaysia

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pentail: pen-tailed tree shrew

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See Also | genus Ptilocercus | Ptilocercus | tree shrew

Pentail In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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