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pengolin

pengolin is the archaic form of pangolin.

Meaning of pangolin

Noun

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.
    • 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...2022, Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, Sort Of Books, page 302
    Synonyms:
    manid, scaly anteater, trenggiling

Forms of pengolin

pluralpengolins

Questions about pengolin

What is pengolin the archaic form of?
Pengolin is the archaic form of pangolin.

Words near pengolin in the dictionary

  1. Penglai Island
  2. Penglai Mountain
  3. Penglish
  4. pengo
  5. pengoes
  6. pengolin
  7. pengolins
  8. pengornithid
  9. pengornithids
  10. pengos
  11. PEngs

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