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Pangolin

//ˈpæŋɡəlɪn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several long-tailed, scale-covered mammals of the family Manidae within the order Pholidota of tropical Africa and Asia.

    "Like many Sri Lankans, pangolins have big tongues, thick hides and small brains. They pick on ants, rats and anything smaller than them. They hide in terror when faced with bullies and get up to mischief when the lights are out. They are hundreds of thousands of years old and are plodding towards extinction."

  2. 2
    toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay pengguling, from peng- (“denominative prefix”) + guling (“to roll”).

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