pen-tail

1. 1.

   brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third; of Malaysia

   Synonymspentailpen-tailed tree shrew

   Broadertree shrew

   Part ofPtilocercus

Questions about pen-tail

What does pen-tail mean?

pen-tail means "brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third; of Malaysia".

How many syllables are in pen-tail?

pen-tail has 2 syllables: pen--tail. The stress falls on "pen-".

What is another word for pen-tail?

Close synonyms include pentail, pen-tailed tree shrew. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pen-tail a common word?

pen-tail is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.