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pangolin
(redirected from scaly anteater)

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pangolin
scaly anteater, of the genus Manis and the order Pholidota; covered with overlapping scales like roof tiles. Plantigrade, often arboreal and adapted for destroying anthills and eating the termites or ants that are exposed.


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