Pentail

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pentail \Pen"tail`\, n. (Zool.)
     A peculiar insectivore ({Ptilocercus Lowii}) of Borneo; -- so
     called from its very long, quill-shaped tail, which is scaly
     at the base and plumose at the tip.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pen-tail
       n : brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed
           with long stiff hairs on the distal third; of Malaysia
           [syn: {pentail}, {pen-tailed tree shrew}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pentail
       n : brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed
           with long stiff hairs on the distal third; of Malaysia
           [syn: {pen-tail}, {pen-tailed tree shrew}]