sengi

/S EH1 NG G IY0/
noun
  1. 1

    Any of several small, insectivorous long-nosed mammals, of the family Macroscelididae within the Macroscelidea order, native to Africa.

  2. 2

    (historical) A former (1967โ€“1993) monetary unit of Zaire, one hundredth of a likuta, and one ten-thousandth of a zaire; it was issued only in ten sengi coins.