Noun: pangolin pang-gu-lin or pang'gow-lin
- Toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites
"The pangolin's scales provide protection from predators";
- scaly anteater, anteater
Derived forms: pangolins
Type of: eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal
Part of: genus Manis, Manis
Encyclopedia: Pangolin