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phalanger


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Phalanger  \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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  phalanger 
  n  :  small  furry  Australian  arboreal  marsupials  having  long 
  usually  prehensile  tails  [syn:  {opossum},  {possum}] 




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