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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PENTAIL

PENTAIL Pen "tail `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A peculiar insectivore (Ptilocercus Lowii ) of Borneo; -- so called from its very long, quill-shaped tail, which is scaly at the base and plumose at the tip.