pentail

English

Etymology

Noun

pentail (plural pentails)

An insectivore (Ptilocercus lowii) of Borneo, with a very long, quill-shaped tail, which is scaly at the base and plumose at the tip.

Synonyms

pen-tailed treeshrew

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pentail in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Platine, pantile, pilenta, pit lane, pitlane

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