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		lucyv 70 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Pangolin – Open source alternative to Clo... Is it called Pangolin because pangolin's have scale-y tails?

oschwartz10612 70 days ago [–]

Yes and they are a "Fossorial" animal. A fossorial animal is one that is adapted to digging and which lives primarily (but not solely) underground. It was kind of a fun name to call out the tunneling. Fossorial is our company name.

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