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noun
A species of treeshrew (Ptilocercus lowii) of Borneo, with a very long, quill-shaped tail, which is scaly at the base and plumose at the tip.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third; of Malaysia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pen-tail, pen-tailed tree shrew
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tree shrew
History
From pen + tail.
