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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The West African manis, or pangolin, Manis tricuspis, one of the so-called scaly ant-eaters, which has a long tail, scales with three points, and the under parts white; also any manis.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The long-tailed pangolin (
Manis tetradactyla ); -- called alsoipi .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The long-tailed
pangolin (Manis tetradactyla).
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mollusque commented on the word phatagin
The long-tailed pangolin of southern Africa.
November 24, 2007