A pangolin raids a termite cathedral mound for a meal
A tree pangolin
Etymology
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Borrowed from Malay pengguling , from peng- ( “ denominative prefix ” ) + guling ( “ to roll ” ) .
Pronunciation
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IPA (key ) : /ˈpæŋɡəlɪn/ , /pæŋˈɡoʊlɪn/
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pangolin (plural pangolins )
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 .
Synonyms: trenggiling , scaly anteater
2022 , Shehan Karunatilaka , The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida , Sort Of Books, page 302 :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 extinction.
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Translations
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mammal
Afrikaans: ietermagog , ietermagô
Albanian: pangolín m
Amis: 'alem , alem ( Nataoran Amis )
Armenian: թեփամորթ (hy) ( tʻepʻamortʻ ) , պանգոլին ( pangolin ) , թեփամողես (hy) ( tʻepʻamoġes ) ( rare )
Assamese: বন-ৰৌ ( bon-rou )
Asturian: folidoto m
Basque: folidoto
Bau Bidayuh: wuom
Belarusian: пангалі́н m ( panhalín )
Bengali: বনরুই ( bonorui )
Breton: pangolined
Bulgarian: люспеник (bg) m ( ljuspenik ) , панголи́н (bg) m ( pangolín )
Bunun: halum
Catalan: pangolí m
Central Melanau: aam
Cherokee: ᎤᏯᏍᎦᏟᏳᏍᏗ ( uyasgatliyusdi )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 穿山甲 ( cyun1 saan1 gaap3 )
Eastern Min: 鯪鯉 / 鲮鲤 ( lìng-lī )
Hakka: 鰱鯉 / 鲢鲤 ( lièn-lî )
Hokkien: 鯪鯉 / 鲮鲤 (zh-min-nan) ( lâ-lí ) , 穿山甲 ( chhoan-san-kah ) , 濆仔 / 𣸣仔 ( bùn-á ) , 石鯪魚 / 石鲮鱼 ( chio̍h-lêng-hî, chio̍h-lêng-hû ) , 步山虎 ( pō͘-soaⁿ-hó͘ ) , 塗龜 / 涂龟 , 塗龟 ( thô͘-ku )
Mandarin: 穿山甲 (zh) ( chuānshānjiǎ ) , 鯪鯉 / 鲮鲤 (zh) ( línglǐ ) , 龍鯉 / 龙鲤 (zh) ( lónglǐ )
Corsican: pangolinu m , pangulinu m
Czech: luskoun (cs) m
Danish: skældyr c
Dutch: schubdier (nl) m
Erzya: коткодавшуля ( kotkodavšuľa )
Esperanto: maniso
Faroese: skeldýr n
Finnish: muurahaiskäpy (fi)
French: pangolin (fr) m , pangoline f
Galician: folidoto m , pangolín (gl) m
German: Schuppentier (de) n , Tannenzapfentier n
Greek:
Ancient: φαττάγης m ( phattágēs )
Hindi: सल्लू साँप ( sallū sā̃p )
Hungarian: tobzoska (hu)
Indonesian: trenggiling (id)
Irish: pangailin f
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
Khmer: ពង្រូល (km) ( pŭəngruul )
Kimaragang: bulukun
Korean: 천산갑 (ko) ( cheonsan'gap )
Lithuanian: skujuotis m
Malay: tenggiling (ms) , pengguling (ms)
Malayalam: ഈനാമ്പേച്ചി ( īnāmpēcci )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: skjelldyr n , pangolin (no) m
Nynorsk: skjeldyr n
Occitan: folidòt m , pangolin m
Polish: łuskowiec (pl) m
Portuguese: pangolim m
Punjabi: ਪੈਂਗੋਲਿਨ ( paiṅgolin )
Rukai: karadha
Russian: панголи́н (ru) m ( pangolín ) , я́щер (ru) m ( jáščer )
Saaroa: 'arʉmʉ
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: љускавац m , панголин m
Roman: ljuskavac m , pangolin (sh) m
Sicilian: pangulinu m
Slovak: pangolín m , šupinavec m , šupinovec m
Slovene: luskavec m
Sotho: kgaha
Spanish: pangolín (es) m
Swahili: kakakuona
Swedish: myrkott c
Sylheti: ꠛꠘ-ꠞꠃ ( bono-rou )
Tagal Murut: bulukun
Tagalog: panggolin
Taroko: arung
Thai: นิ่ม (th) ( nîm ) , ลิ่น (th) ( lîn )
Thao: qalhum
Tsou: hiaemoza
Turkish: pangolin
Ukrainian: панголі́н m ( panholín )
Vietnamese: (con) tê tê (vi) , (con) trút (vi)
Volapük: manit
Welsh: pangolin m
West Coast Bajau: tenggiling
Zhuang: linh
Zulu: imfinyezi
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