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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.

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  1. n. 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.
  2. n. brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third; of Malaysia
  3. 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.
  4. A peculiar insectivore (Ptilocercus Lowii) of Borneo; -- socalled from its very long, quill-shaped tail, which is scaly at thebase and plumose at the tip.
  5. n brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third; of Malaysia