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Phalanger
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What's The Definition Of Phalanger?
[n] small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails
Synonyms | Synonyms for Phalanger: opossum | possum Related Terms | Find terms related to Phalanger: See Also | brush-tailed phalanger | cuscus | family Phalangeridae | flying opossum | flying phalanger | flying squirrel | kangaroo bear | koala | koala bear | marsupial | native bear | Phalangeridae | Phascolarctos cinereus | pouched mammal | Trichosurus vulpecula Phalanger In Webster's Dictionary \Pha*lan"ger\, n. [Cf. F. phalanger. See {Phalanx}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Any marsupial belonging to {Phalangista}, {Cuscus},
{Petaurus}, and other genera of the family
{Phalangistid[ae]}. They are arboreal, and the species of
{Petaurus} are furnished with lateral parachutes. See {Flying
phalanger}, under {Flying}.
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