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phalanger

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Noun

HYPHEN

pha=lan=ger

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun phalanger has 1 sense

phalanger(n = noun.animal) opossum, possum - small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails; Array

is a kind of marsupial, pouched mammal

is a member of family phalangeridae, phalangeridae

has particulars: cuscus, brush-tailed phalanger, trichosurus vulpecula, flying opossum, flying phalanger, flying squirrel, kangaroo bear, koala, koala bear, native bear, phascolarctos cinereus

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CIDE DICTIONARY

phalanger, n. [Cf. F. phalanger. See Phalanx.].

Any marsupial belonging to Phalangista, Cuscus, Petaurus, and other genera of the family Phalangistidæ. They are arboreal, and the species of Petaurus are furnished with lateral parachutes. See Flying phalanger, under Flying. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

phalanger, n. any of various marsupials of the family Phalangeridae, including cuscuses and possums.

Etymology

F f. Gk phalaggion spider's web, f. the webbed toes of its hind feet

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