pangolin

«pangolin» in Mova's school dictionary: a mammal covered in hard, overlapping scales, which eats… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a pangolin, pangolins)

meaning for a pupil

1) A pangolin is a mammal covered in hard, overlapping scales, which eats ants and termites with a long sticky tongue. tree →

2) When scared, a pangolin rolls up into a tight ball. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and conservation lessons, pangolins live in Africa and Asia and are among the most trafficked animals in the world because people illegally hunt them for scales and meat. Their scales are made of keratin, like fingernails.

examples

• The pangolin curled into a ball to protect itself. tree →
• Pangolins eat thousands of ants a day. tree →
• Their scales are made of the same stuff as your nails. tree →
• Pangolins are in danger because of poaching. tree →
• A baby pangolin rides on its mother's tail. tree →
• The pangolin licked termites out of the mound. tree →

note

Countable. It is not a reptile even though it has scales; it is a mammal. Its scales do not cure illness — that belief is a myth.

In the corpora

• There are eight kinds of pangolin, four in Asia and four in Africa.
• Pangolins are among the most smuggled mammals, killed for scales that are only keratin and cure nothing.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «pangolin» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.