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    PEN-TAILED TREE SHREW

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third; of Malaysiaplay

    Synonyms:

    pen-tail; pen-tailed tree shrew; pentail

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("pen-tailed tree shrew" is a kind of...):

    tree shrew (insectivorous arboreal mammal of southeast Asia that resembles a squirrel with large eyes and long sharp snout)

    Holonyms ("pen-tailed tree shrew" is a member of...):

    genus Ptilocercus; Ptilocercus (pentails)

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