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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French ptilocerque.
Pronunciation
Noun
ptilocerque (plural ptilocerques)
- (zoology, obsolete, rare) Synonym of pen-tailed treeshrew
1890, Grace Townsend, Friend and Foe from Field and Forest: A Natural History of the Mammalia:The Ptilocerque, which is an inhabitant of Borneo and Sarawak, is between five and six inches long, with a tail rather longer than the body.
References
French
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Ptilocercus.
Noun
ptilocerque m (plural ptilocerques)
- pen-tailed treeshrew
Descendants