pangolin

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The main destination in Asia is China where meat, for example, for the pangolin, a scaly ant eater, fetches $US175 ($A270) a kilogram.

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  1. noun Any of several long-tailed, scale-covered mammals of the order Pholidota of tropical Africa and Asia, having a long snout and a sticky tongue for catching and eating ants and termites. Also called scaly anteater.

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  • It is an important habitat for some threatened species like the scaly anteater, the python, the smooth Indian otter, the hog deer, the sambhar and the pangolin. —  India eNews
  • The sales of pangolin, for example, have gone up significantly.
  • Soon, glistening with ambergris and jauntily sprinkling himself with exotic tars and raisins, Reynaldo called out: "No need to tune the pangolin this morning, Hugo, for I have decided to cancel my lesson and rendezvous with the Infanta for shuttlecocks." —  Top stories from Times Online
  • These seat belt locks operate with a swinging pangolin.
  • When the stop force movement is forceful enough the pangolin locks the small gear on the seat belt retractor.
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  1. Malay pengguling : peng-, instrumental pref. + guling, to roll over (from its habit of rolling up into a ball when frightened).

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  1. Malay.
 

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/ˈpæŋgəlɪn/
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