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pen-tail

DEFINITIONS OF: pen-tail

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n brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third; of Malaysia

Synonyms:
pen-tailed tree shrew, pentail
Type of:
tree shrew
insectivorous arboreal mammal of southeast Asia that resembles a squirrel with large eyes and long sharp snout
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