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pangolin
[ pang-guh-lin, pang-goh- ]
noun
- any mammal of the order Pholidota, of Africa and tropical Asia, having a covering of broad, overlapping, horny scales and feeding on ants and termites.
pangolin
/ pæŋˈɡəʊlɪn /
noun
- any mammal of the order Pholidota found in tropical Africa, S Asia, and Indonesia, having a body covered with overlapping horny scales and a long snout specialized for feeding on ants and termites Also calledscaly anteater
Word History and Origins
Origin of pangolin1
Word History and Origins
Origin of pangolin1
Example Sentences
The team compared changes in the building blocks, or amino acids, of the virus’ spike protein with four coronaviruses from bats or pangolins that don’t infect people.
The pangolin papers, published in quick succession in early 2020, were a promising start.
He felt accused, but he wondered what he was being accused of, since his paper had correctly accounted for its pangolin data sources.
A wild-animal trader who caught a strange new virus from a frozen pangolin.
Five serval cats also call the refuge home, plus a constant stream of pangolins, the world’s most trafficked animal.
In their belts they carried several knives, while the musket and the little round cap of pangolin skin completed their equipment.
The climbing species have a small bare patch on the under side of the tail near the tip (see Pangolin).
This ant-eater is known as the “pangolin,” or “manis,” but there are several species of “pangolin” not African.
Lastly, the pangolin (Manis) is represented by two species in the eastern Himalaya.
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