pentail Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third; of Malaysia
pen-tail; pen-tailed tree shrew.
WordNet
Pen"tail` noun
Definitions
(Zoöl.) A peculiar insectivore ( Ptilocercus Lowii ) of Borneo; -- so called from its very long, quill-shaped tail, which is scaly at the base and plumose at the tip.