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PENTAIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pentail mean? 

PENTAIL (noun)
  The noun PENTAIL has 1 sense:

1. brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third; of Malaysiaplay

  Familiarity information: PENTAIL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PENTAIL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

pen-tail; pen-tailed tree shrew; pentail

Hypernyms ("pentail" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("pentail" is a member of...):

genus Ptilocercus; Ptilocercus (pentails)


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