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# pangolin

noun (a pangolin, pangolins)

«pangolin» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A pangolin is a mammal covered in hard, overlapping scales, which eats ants and termites with a long sticky tongue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pangolin/#m1)
2. When scared, a pangolin rolls up into a tight ball. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pangolin/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pangolin/#x1)
- Pangolins eat thousands of ants a day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pangolin/#x2)
- Their scales are made of the same stuff as your nails. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pangolin/#x3)
- Pangolins are in danger because of poaching. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pangolin/#x4)
- A baby pangolin rides on its mother's tail. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pangolin/#x5)
- The pangolin licked termites out of the mound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pangolin/#x6)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pangolin» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pangolin/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pangolin» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pangolin.html) on Mova free.