pangolin

Meaning

Any of several long-tailed, scale-covered mammals of the family Manidae within the order Pholidota of tropical Africa and Asia.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpæŋɡəlɪn/
Etymology

Borrowed from Malay pengguling, from peng- (“denominative prefix”) + guling (“to roll”).

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