pangolin
Any of several long-tailed, scale-covered mammals of the family Manidae within the…Any of several long-tailed, scale-covered mammals of the family Manidae within the order Pholidota of tropical Africa and Asia.
» The pangolin has a tongue as long as its body.
Язык у панголина такой же длины, как его тело.
Язык у панголина такой же длины, как его туловище.
Meaning
1 sensesAny of several long-tailed, scale-covered mammals of the family Manidae within the order Pholidota of tropical Africa and Asia.
Schuppentier, Tannenzapfentier
панголи́нpangolín, я́щерjáščer
панголі́нpanholín
toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites
Examples
5 sentencesThe pangolin has a tongue as long as its body.
ruЯзык у панголина такой же длины, как его тело.
Pangolins are the world's most illegally trafficked animal.
Pangolins are said to be the world's most trafficked mammal.
The new coronavirus is believed to have come from a bat who contaminated a pangolin at a wildlife market in China.
deMan geht davon aus, dass das neue Coronavirus von einer Fledermaus kommt, die auf einem chinesischen Wildtiermarkt ein Schuppentier kontaminierte.
Coronavirus transmission was believed to have occurred from bats to civets and pangolins, whose scales are highly valued in traditional Chinese medicine.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Malay pengguling, from peng- (“denominative prefix”) + guling (“to roll”).Borrowed from Malay pengguling, from peng- (“denominative prefix”) + guling (“to roll”).
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Forms
plural: pangolinsSynonyms
4 synonyms- toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites:scaly anteateranteater