PANGOLIN


Meaning of PANGOLIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpaŋ-gə-lən, ˈpan- ]

noun

Etymology: Malay dialect pĕngguling

Date: 1774

: any of a family (Manidae of the order Pholidota) of Asian and African toothless mammals having the body covered dorsally with large imbricated horny scales — called also scaly anteater

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