pangolin

基本解释

Passing the pangolin around like a football, inquisitive lions spent hours trying to devour the armour-plated creature.
好奇的狮子把穿山甲像足球似的传来传去，研究了好几个小时想要吃掉这全身铠甲的动物。
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。马来西亚吉隆坡，一只马来亚穿山甲在被自然野生动物园相关部门没收后被释放出笼子。
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.
在过去的几年中，总共扣押来自印度的55 000张爬行动物毛皮，厄瓜多尔的19 000件大眼长尾鲨鳍及亚洲的23吨穿山甲。

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)