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sengis

sengis is the plural of sengi.

Meaning of sengi

Noun (1)

sengi (plural sengis)

  1. Any of several small, insectivorous long-nosed mammals, of the family Macroscelididae within the Macroscelidea order, native to Africa.
    • Four-toed elephant shrew or sengi Petrodromus tetradactylus[1997, Jonathan Kingdon, “Elephant Shrews, or Sengis”, in The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals, San Diego, Calif.; London: AP Natural World, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 149

Noun (2)

sengi (plural sengis or sengi)

  1. (historical) A former (1967–1993) monetary unit of Zaire, one hundredth of a likuta, and one ten-thousandth of a zaire; it was issued only in ten sengi coins.

Questions about sengis

What is sengis the plural of?
Sengis is the plural of sengi.

Words near sengis in the dictionary

  1. senget
  2. Senggey
  3. Senghenydd
  4. sengi
  5. sengierite
  6. sengis
  7. Sengkang
  8. sengon
  9. sengons
  10. Sengouagnet
  11. sengreen

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