pangolin

基本解釋

Passing the pangolin around like a football, inquisitive lions spent hours trying to devour the armour-plated creature.
好奇的獅子把穿山甲像足球似的傳來傳去，研究了好幾個小時想要喫掉這全身鎧甲的動物。
A Malayan pangolin is released from its cage after being confiscated by the Department of Wildlife and Natural Parks in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Aug. 8, 2002.
2002年8月8日。馬來西亞吉隆坡，一衹馬來亞穿山甲在被自然野生動物園相關部門沒收後被釋放出籠子。
In the last few years, 55, 000 reptile skins from India, 19, 000 big-eye thresher shark fins in Ecuador and 23 metric tonnes of pangolin in Asia have all been seized.
在過去的幾年中，縂共釦押來自印度的55 000張爬行動物毛皮，厄瓜多爾的19 000件大眼長尾鯊鰭及亞洲的23噸穿山甲。

After making a success of Pangolin, Mr Kingdon and Ms Koenig decided to try to put something back into Uganda.
ECONOMIST: Rwenzori Sculpture Foundation
Their Cotswolds foundry, called Pangolin (after the scaled African anteater with a bronzy patina) has worked closely with some of Britain's leading sculptors and conceptual artists including Phillip King, Jon Buck, Ann Christopher, Damien Hirst and the late Angus Fairhurst.
ECONOMIST: Rwenzori Sculpture Foundation

a mammal found in Africa and Asia that eats ants or termites, catching them with its long, sticky tongue. It has a long nose, and its body is covered in scales (= hard, flat pieces).

any mammal of the order Pholidota found in tropical Africa, S Asia, and Indonesia, having a body covered with overlapping horny scales and a long snout specialized for feeding on ants and termites (Also called scaly anteater)