pen-tailedadj.

Brit.

/ˈpɛnteɪld/, U.S.

/ˈpɛnˌteɪld/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pen n.³, tailed adj.¹

Etymology: < pen n.³ + tailed adj.¹ Compare later pentail n.

Chiefly Zoology.

Having a tail resembling a feather, or a quill pen. Chiefly in pen-tailed tree shrew n. a very small tree shrew, Ptilocercus lowii (family Tupaiidae), of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo, having a fringe of long, stiff hairs at the end of its tail (cf. pentail n.).In quot. 1855 perhaps a misprint for pin-tailed (cf. pin-tailed sandgrouse n. at pin-tailed adj. Compounds).

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the world > animals > mammals > order Scandentia (tree-shrews) > [noun] > gerus Ptilocercus (pen-tail)

pentail1879

pen-tailed tree shrew1910

1855 M. Somerville Physical Geogr. xxxi. 434 The sand and pen-tailed grouse..form a separate family;..the latter [inhabits] the stony uncultivated parts of France, southern Italy, and Sicily.

1906 Amer. Naturalist 40 556 The probably prehensile tail has its long hairs arranged on either side as in its near ally, the pen-tailed phalanger, Distæchurus.

1910 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 639/2 In the pen-tailed tree-shrew..the fringes of long hair are confined to the terminal third of the tail.

1968 E. P. Walker et al. Mammals of World (ed. 2) I. 400/1 Pen-tailed tree shrews probably feed mainly on insects and fruit.

1994 Jrnl. Mammalian Evol. 2 209 The major cranial arteries and veins are described for a..fetus of the pen-tailed tree shrew Ptilocercus lowii.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pen-tailed
释义	pen-tailedadj. Brit. /ˈpɛnteɪld/, U.S. /ˈpɛnˌteɪld/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pen n.³, tailed adj.¹ Etymology: < pen n.³ + tailed adj.¹ Compare later pentail n. Chiefly Zoology. Having a tail resembling a feather, or a quill pen. Chiefly in pen-tailed tree shrew n. a very small tree shrew, Ptilocercus lowii (family Tupaiidae), of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo, having a fringe of long, stiff hairs at the end of its tail (cf. pentail n.).In quot. 1855 perhaps a misprint for pin-tailed (cf. pin-tailed sandgrouse n. at pin-tailed adj. Compounds). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Scandentia (tree-shrews) > [noun] > gerus Ptilocercus (pen-tail) pentail1879 pen-tailed tree shrew1910 1855 M. Somerville Physical Geogr. xxxi. 434 The sand and pen-tailed grouse..form a separate family;..the latter [inhabits] the stony uncultivated parts of France, southern Italy, and Sicily. 1906 Amer. Naturalist 40 556 The probably prehensile tail has its long hairs arranged on either side as in its near ally, the pen-tailed phalanger, Distæchurus. 1910 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 639/2 In the pen-tailed tree-shrew..the fringes of long hair are confined to the terminal third of the tail. 1968 E. P. Walker et al. Mammals of World (ed. 2) I. 400/1 Pen-tailed tree shrews probably feed mainly on insects and fruit. 1994 Jrnl. Mammalian Evol. 2 209 The major cranial arteries and veins are described for a..fetus of the pen-tailed tree shrew Ptilocercus lowii. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1855
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