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PANGOLIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pangolin mean?
• PANGOLIN (noun)
The noun PANGOLIN has 1 sense:
1. toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites
Familiarity information: PANGOLIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
anteater; pangolin; scaly anteater
Hypernyms ("pangolin" is a kind of...):
eutherian; eutherian mammal; placental; placental mammal (mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)
Holonyms ("pangolin" is a member of...):
genus Manis; Manis (type genus of the Manidae)
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