Pentail \Pen"tail`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
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.
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}]