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pen-tail

Definitions of pen-tail
  1. noun
    brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third; of Malaysia
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    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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