PEN-TAIL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third; of Malaysia

Synonyms:

pen-tail; pen-tailed tree shrew; pentail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("pen-tail" is a kind of...):

tree shrew (insectivorous arboreal mammal of southeast Asia that resembles a squirrel with large eyes and long sharp snout)

Holonyms ("pen-tail" is a member of...):

genus Ptilocercus; Ptilocercus (pentails)

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