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 Pen·tail n. Zool. A peculiar insectivore (Ptilocercus Lowii) of Borneo; -- so called from its very long, quill-shaped tail, which is scaly at the base and plumose at the tip.
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 pen-tail
      n : brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed
          with long stiff hairs on the distal third; of Malaysia
          [syn: pentail, pen-tailed tree shrew]

 pentail
      n : brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed
          with long stiff hairs on the distal third; of Malaysia
          [syn: pen-tail, pen-tailed tree shrew]