Pangolin

//ˈpæŋɡəlɪn//

Synonyms for "pangolin" (18 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Strong matches (5)

Related words (9)

Related word relations

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Translations

113 translations across 82 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • ietermagog noun (mammal)
  • ietermagô noun (mammal)

Albanian

2 entries
  • pangolín noun (mammal)
  • pangolíni noun (mammal)

Amis

2 entries
  • 'alem noun (mammal)
  • alem noun (mammal)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • φαττάγης noun (mammal)

Armenian

3 entries
  • թեփամողես noun (mammal)
  • թեփամորթ noun (mammal)
  • պանգոլին noun (mammal)

Assamese

1 entries
  • বন-ৰৌ noun (mammal)

Asturian

1 entries
  • folidoto noun (mammal)

Basque

1 entries
  • folidoto noun (mammal)

Bau Bidayuh

1 entries
  • wuom noun (mammal)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • пангалі́н noun (mammal)

Bengali

1 entries
  • বনরুই noun (mammal)

Breton

1 entries
  • pangolined noun (mammal)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • люспеник noun (mammal)
  • панголи́н noun (mammal)

Bunun

1 entries
  • halum noun (mammal)

Catalan

1 entries
  • pangolí noun (mammal)

Central Melanau

1 entries
  • aam noun (mammal)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎤᏯᏍᎦᏟᏳᏍᏗ noun (mammal)

Chinese

4 entries
  • 塗龜 /涂龟 noun (mammal)
  • 塗龟 noun (mammal)
  • 步山虎 noun (mammal)
  • 濆仔 /𣸣仔 noun (mammal)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 穿山甲 noun (mammal)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 穿山甲 noun (mammal)
  • 鯪鯉 /鲮鲤 noun (mammal)
  • 龍鯉 /龙鲤 noun (mammal)

Corsican

2 entries
  • pangolinu noun (mammal)
  • pangulinu noun (mammal)

Czech

1 entries
  • luskoun noun (mammal)

Danish

1 entries
  • skældyr noun (mammal)

Dutch

1 entries
  • schubdier noun (mammal)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 鯪鯉 /鲮鲤 noun (mammal)

Erzya

1 entries
  • коткодавшуля noun (mammal)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • maniso noun (mammal)

Faroese

1 entries
  • skeldýr noun (mammal)

Finnish

1 entries
  • muurahaiskäpy noun (mammal)

French

2 entries
  • pangolin noun (mammal)
  • pangoline noun (mammal)

Galician

2 entries
  • folidoto noun (mammal)
  • pangolín noun (mammal)

German

2 entries
  • Schuppentier noun (mammal)
  • Tannenzapfentier noun (mammal)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 鰱鯉 /鲢鲤 noun (mammal)

Hindi

1 entries
  • सल्लू साँप noun (mammal)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • tobzoska noun (mammal)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • trenggiling noun (mammal)

Irish

1 entries
  • pangailin noun (mammal)

Italian

1 entries
  • pangolino noun (mammal)

Japanese

2 entries
  • センザンコウ noun (mammal)
  • 穿山甲 noun (mammal)

Kanakanabu

1 entries
  • kaniarumi noun (mammal)

Kavalan

1 entries
  • iRem noun (mammal)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ពង្រូល noun (mammal)

Kimaragang

1 entries
  • bulukun noun (mammal)

Korean

1 entries
  • 천산갑 noun (mammal)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • skujuotis noun (mammal)

Malay

2 entries
  • pengguling noun (mammal)
  • tenggiling noun (mammal)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ഈനാമ്പേച്ചി noun (mammal)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • pangolin noun (mammal)
  • skjelldyr noun (mammal)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • skjeldyr noun (mammal)

Occitan

2 entries
  • folidòt noun (mammal)
  • pangolin noun (mammal)

Polish

1 entries
  • łuskowiec noun (mammal)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • pangolim noun (mammal)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਪੈਂਗੋਲਿਨ noun (mammal)

Puyuma

1 entries
  • arem noun (mammal)

Rukai

1 entries
  • karadha noun (mammal)

Russian

2 entries
  • панголи́н noun (mammal)
  • я́щер noun (mammal)

Saaroa

1 entries
  • 'arʉmʉ noun (mammal)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • ljuskavac noun (mammal)
  • pangolin noun (mammal)
  • панголин noun (mammal)
  • љускавац noun (mammal)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • pangulinu noun (mammal)

Slovak

3 entries
  • pangolín noun (mammal)
  • šupinavec noun (mammal)
  • šupinovec noun (mammal)

Slovene

1 entries
  • luskavec noun (mammal)

Sotho

1 entries
  • kgaha noun (mammal)

Spanish

1 entries
  • pangolín noun (mammal)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kakakuona noun (mammal)

Swedish

1 entries
  • myrkott noun (mammal)

Sylheti

1 entries
  • ꠛꠘ-ꠞꠃ noun (mammal)

Tagal Murut

1 entries
  • bulukun noun (mammal)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • panggolin noun (mammal)

Tamil

2 entries
  • அழுங்கு noun (mammal)
  • எறும்புத்தின்னி noun (mammal)

Taroko

1 entries
  • arung noun (mammal)

Thai

2 entries
  • นิ่ม noun (mammal)
  • ลิ่น noun (mammal)

Thao

1 entries
  • qalhum noun (mammal)

Tsou

1 entries
  • hiaemoza noun (mammal)

Turkish

1 entries
  • pangolin noun (mammal)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • панголі́н noun (mammal)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • trút noun (mammal)
  • tê tê noun (mammal)

Volapük

1 entries
  • manit noun (mammal)

Welsh

1 entries
  • pangolin noun (mammal)

West Coast Bajau

1 entries
  • tenggiling noun (mammal)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • linh noun (mammal)

Zulu

1 entries
  • imfinyezi noun (mammal)

ǃXóõ

1 entries
  • ǁɡū'm noun (mammal)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The Ubuntu version of April 2012 has been nicknamed "Precise Pangolin".

Source: tatoeba (1157309)

The new coronavirus is believed to have come from a bat who contaminated a pangolin at a wildlife market in China.

Source: tatoeba (8640462)

The pangolin has a tongue as long as its body.

Source: tatoeba (12949844)

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.

Source: wiktionary

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