pangolin

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpæŋɡəlɪn/, /pæŋˈɡoʊlɪn/

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pangolin (plural pangolins)

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

   Synonyms: trenggiling, scaly anteater

   • 2022, Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, Sort Of Books, page 302:

     Like many Sri Lankans, pangolins have big tongues, thick hides and small brains. They pick on ants, rats and anything smaller than them. They hide in terror when faced with bullies and get up to mischief when the lights are out. They are hundreds of thousands of years old and are plodding towards extinction.

• → Catalan: pangolí
• → Irish: pangailin
• → Italian: pangolino
• → Welsh: pangolin

• Pholidota on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Borrowed from Malay pengguling.

• IPA^(key): /pɑ̃.ɡɔ.lɛ̃/

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pangolin m (plural pangolins)

1. pangolin

• → Romanian: pangolin

• “pangolin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French pangolin.

pangolin m (plural pangolini)

1. pangolin