PTILOCERCUS

Meaning of PTILOCERCUS in English

ˌtilōˈsərkəs, ˌtīl- noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from ptil- + Greek kerkos tail

: a group of insectivores comprising the pentails

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

PTILOCERCUS LOWII — pen-tailed tree shrew
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
PENTAIL — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: pen (III) + tail 1. also pen-tailed tree shrew ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷- : a tree shrew (genus Ptilocercus ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PENTAIL — (n.) A peculiar insectivore (Ptilocercus Lowii) of Borneo; -- so called from its very long, quill-shaped tail, which is scaly …
Английский словарь Webster
PENTAIL — ( n. ) A peculiar insectivore (Ptilocercus Lowii) of Borneo; -- so called from its very long, quill-shaped tail, which …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PENTAIL — noun a peculiar insectivore (ptilocercus lowii) of borneo; so called from its very long, quill-shaped tail, which is scaly …
Webster English vocab
TREE SHREW — any of the small, squirrellike mammals constituting the family Tupaiidae, found in forests of Southeast Asia. Tree shrews show resemblances …
Britannica English vocabulary
PRIMATE — in zoology, any member of the mammalian order Primates, which includes the prosimians, monkeys, apes, and man. The order has …
Britannica English vocabulary
PEN-TAILED TREE-SHREW — перохвостая тупайя (Ptilocercus)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
PEN-TAILED TREE-SHREW — перохвостая тупайя ( Ptilocercus )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
ПЕРОХВОСТАЯ ТУПАЙЯ — (Ptilocercus) pen-tailed tree-shrew
Новый Русско-Английский биологический словарь

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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