Home › Words › P › pangolinpangolin/ˈpæŋɡəlɪn/pangolin means any of several long-tailed, scale-covered mammals of the family Manidae within the order Pholidota of tropical Africa and Asia.pangolin is pronounced /ˈpæŋɡəlɪn/.EtymologyBorrowed from Malay pengguling, from peng- (“denominative prefix”) + guling (“to roll”).nounAny of several long-tailed, scale-covered mammals of the family Manidae within the order Pholidota of tropical Africa and Asia.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).