pangolin

English

Wikipedia

The pangolin raids a termite cathedral mound for a meal.

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Malay pengguling.

Noun

pangolin (plural pangolins)

1. The scaly anteater; any of several long-tailed, scale-covered mammals of the order Pholidota of tropical Africa and Asia, the sole extant genus of which is Manis.

Derived terms

• Chinese pangolin
• giant pangolin
• ground pangolin
• Indian pangolin
• long-tailed pangolin
• Philippine pangolin
• Sunda pangolin
• tree pangolin

Translations

mammal

• Afrikaans: ietermagog (af)
• Amis: 'alem
• Bunun: halum
• Cherokee: ᎤᏯᏍᎦᏟᏳᏍᏗ (chr) (uyasgatliyusdi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 穿山甲 (cmn) (chuānshānjiǎ)

• Esperanto: (♂♀) maniso (eo), (♂) virmaniso (eo), (♀) manisino (eo), (♂♀ offspring) manisido (eo), (♂) virmanisido (eo), (♀) manisidino (eo)
• Finnish: muurahaiskäpy (fi)
• French: pangolin (fr) m, pangoline (fr) f
• German: Schuppentier (de) n, Tannenzapfentier (de) n
• Indonesian: trenggiling (id)
• Italian: pangolino (it) m
• Japanese: センザンコウ (ja) (senzankō), 穿山甲 (ja) (せんざんこう, senzankō)
• Kanakanabu: kaniarumi

• Kavalan: eRem
• Malay: tenggiling (ms), pengguling (ms)
• Nataoran Amis: alem
• Navajo: wóláchííʼ yildeełí bikágí ntłʼizí
• Portuguese: pangolim (pt) m
• Rukai: karadha
• Russian: панголин (ru) (pangolín) m
• Sotho: kgaha (st)
• Taroko: arung
• Thao: qalhum
• Tsou: hiaemoza
• Vietnamese: tê tê (vi)
• Volapük: (♂♀) manit (vo), (♂) himanit (vo), (♀) jimanit (vo), (♂♀ offspring) manitül (vo), (♂ offspring) himanitül (vo), (♀ offspring) jimanitül (vo), (♂♀ long-tailed pangolin) lunagöbamanit