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noun
A small mammal native to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia, resembling the shrew, in order Scandentia, consisting of families Tupaiidae and Ptilocercidae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
insectivorous arboreal mammal of southeast Asia that resembles a squirrel with large eyes and long sharp snout
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal
Narrower terms: pentail, pen-tail, pen-tailed tree shrew
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